The thirteenth session of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human… Read more
In the conjoined appeals of Abbasi and Haastrup [2023] EWCA Civ 331, the Court of Appeal has grappled with the… Read more
[This post is a joint effort by me together with Neil Allen and Emma Spruce, Counsel acting for D in… Read more
Hot on the heels of the decision in North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5, another decision has… Read more
In 2015, in Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v C and V [2015] EWCOP 80, MacDonald J provided both the… Read more
The case of A Local Authority v H [2023] EWCOP 4 concerned a young adult, H, described by Hayden J… Read more
It is exceptionally unusual for a judge, let alone a very senior judge, actively to invite a claim to be… Read more
Is depriving a person of their mobile phone depriving them of their liberty? That was the very 21st century question… Read more
In May 2022, the Ministry of Justice indicated in its response to the Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney consultation that it… Read more
Looking after Miss Alexander: Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England (Janet Weston, McGill-Queens University Press,… Read more