Individual decision-making and its complexities was very much in the spotlight this week in the context of the oral evidence… Read more
MacPherson v Sunderland City Council [2024] EWCA Civ 1579 is another chapter in the very long-running saga concerning contempt proceedings… Read more
Ahead of more detailed coverage of the nuances of this complicated case in the February 2025 Mental Capacity Report, it… Read more
Peel J in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust & Anor v PQ [2024] EWCOP 73 (T3) has reiterated the need for… Read more
In Re EM (Deprivation of Liberty, Care Planning & Costs) [2024] EWCOP 76 (T2), HHJ Burrows helpfully busted some disturbingly… Read more
Re ZX (Capacity to Engage in Sexual Relations) [2024] EWCA Civ 1462 is a leapfrog appeal from a Tier 2… Read more
R (Ibrahim) v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2024] EWHC 2991 (Admin) is a case which shows how the Deprivation of… Read more
R & Anor v A & Anor [2024] EWFC 341 is a very sad case involving surrogacy. It was an… Read more
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust v Mercer [2024] EWHC 2515 (KB) concerns the challenge of delayed discharge from hospital and, specifically,… Read more
In a letter sent out on 18 November 2024 (but which had the wrong date, subsequently corrected), HMCTS has confirmed… Read more