RB v Brighton and Hove Council [2014] EWCA Civ 561 Summary In June 2007 RB sustained a serious brain injury… Read more
Looking sidewise in the COP
Category: Case comments
The Press and the COP
Re G [2014] EWHC 1361 (COP) Summary In our report upon this case in the May Newsletter, we noted that… Read more
Advance decisions and the MHA 1983
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust v RC [2014] EWHC 1317 (COP) Summary This is the sequel to the case of Nottinghamshire Healthcare… Read more
Collating Cheshire West guidance
I have pulled together resources from a range of sources (official and unofficial) on the implications of Cheshire West, and… Read more
Deprivation of liberty in a hospital setting
Those readers who have not already collapsed under the weight of guidance and commentary on the Cheshire West decision may… Read more
Going the extra mile – a model assessment of capacity
Wandsworth CCG v IA and TA [2014] EWHC 990 (COP) Summary This case is a model of the assessment of the… Read more
Tithing and the CoP – religion under the capacity microscope
A County Council v MS and RS [2014] EWHC B14 (COP) Summary MS was a Mormon. He was also mentally… Read more
Cheshire West – the implications for mental health and mental capacity lawyers
I am very grateful to Sophy Miles for permission to reproduce here her extremely interesting and thoughtful paper on the… Read more
Getting it right in the balance between autonomy and protection
A Local Authority v TZ (No.2) [2014] EWHC 973 (COP) Summary This is a sequel to a case that we… Read more
Caught in the spider’s web
London Borough of Redbridge v G, C and F (No. 2) [2014] EWHC 959 (COP) Summary This is a sequel to… Read more