Re G (Adult) (Costs) [2014] EWCOP 5 Summary We have covered the previous episodes in this rather depressing story in… Read more
Category: Case comments
The HoL Select Committee – the Government responds
The response to the Select Committee’s post-legislative scrutiny report has been published today (10 June) and is available here. I… Read more
Book Review: Cretney and Lush on Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (7th Edition)
Cretney and Lush on Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (7th Edition): Senior Judge Denzil Lush (Jordans, 2014, £67.50) This work… Read more
Looking sidewise in the COP
RB v Brighton and Hove Council [2014] EWCA Civ 561 Summary In June 2007 RB sustained a serious brain injury… Read more
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