The case of Wareham v Betsi Cadwaladar University Health Board & Ors [2024] EWCOP 15 concerns a 36 year old… Read more
The very difficult case of Rotherham and Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust v NR & Anor [2024] EWCOP… Read more
Not enough judgments of District Judges are published. This is in part because very many decisions that they make are… Read more
[Update, the Supreme Court allowed the defendants’ appeal on 21 January 2026; see here] If you have been found by… Read more
In Re RM Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 7, the provisions of the Mental Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 came… Read more
In Aberdeenshire Council v SF (No 2) [2024] EWCOP 10, Poole J took the very unusual step of declining to… Read more
Poole J is rapidly becoming the specialist sexual capacity judge at the Court of Protection. Following his decisions in Hull… Read more
Re DY [2024] EWCOP 4 is a case showing how demanding taking capacity seriously is – and should be. It… Read more
This is a post co-written by Tor Butler-Cole KC and I, prompted by the decision in GUP v EUP and… Read more
In a case from December 2023 which arrived on Bailii too late for the February 2024 Mental Capacity Report, Lieven… Read more