Cases are coming out left, right and centre at the moment, and with other commitments, it is not possible to… Read more
Mini news briefing
Category: Case comments
Deprivation of liberty in Intensive Care Units
In an important judgment handed down this morning, R (LF) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London [2015] EWHC… Read more
Rochdale (again)
A short note to say that the Court of Appeal has allowed (by consent) the appeal against the decision of… Read more
October Mental Capacity Law Newsletters now out – and seminar announced
The October Mental Capacity Law Newsletters are now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and… Read more
Capacity is not an off-switch
In Wye Valley NHS Trust v Mr B [2015] EWCOP 60, Peter Jackson J has made clear just how far… Read more
Charles J on a roll – now for CTOs
In PJ v A Local Health Board & Ors [2015] UKUT 0480 (AAC) Charles J, sitting as President of the Upper… Read more
Section 49 reports – the thorny issues
A cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site, where I have just written about the very recent decision in… Read more
News from New Zealand – testamentary capacity and undue influence
It is appropriate to highlight a Kiwi case in what is likely to be one of my last posts before… Read more
Conditional discharge and DOLS – sanity prevails
In Secretary of State for Justice v KC and C Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2015] UKUT 0376 (AAC), Charles… Read more
Re X – the Court of Appeal pronounces
A cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site for those of you after clarity as to what the Court… Read more