In LB Hackney v A, B and C [2024] EWCOP 33, John McKendrick KC has answered a question which, as he noted, had curiously not … Read More ›
Category: Practice and Procedure
What is the test to decide whether you can defend yourself against a charge that you are in contempt of court? That was the question … Read More ›
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation v The Mother of G [2024] EWHC 1288 (Fam) adds to the small but growing body of case-law … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of both the local authority and the Official Solicitor against the decision of Poole J in Re … Read More ›
Henke J has followed the Closed Hearings and Closed Material Guidance ([2023] EWCOP 6) and produced a judgment “to enable disclosure at an appropriate point in … Read More ›
A few days early (next week is particularly busy for me), the May 2024 quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the … Read More ›
In CL v Swansea Bay University Health Board & Ors [2024] EWCOP 22 Theis J has confirmed that that the Court of Protection has an … Read More ›
In 2014, a (relatively) very long time ago, Sir James Munby, then President of the Court of Protection, issued guidance on the publication of judgments. … Read More ›
Don’t ignore the Serious Medical Treatment Guidance – but let’s be clear about what the law requires
This is a post co-written by Tor Butler-Cole KC and I, prompted by the decision in GUP v EUP and UCLH NHS Foundation Trust [2024] … Read More ›
In Stockport MBC v KB [2023] EWCOP 58, HHJ Burrows addressed two questions in relating to ‘community DoL’ applications that have bubbled away for some … Read More ›