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Category: Practice and Procedure


Litigation capacity and a very clear statement from the Court of Appeal about the ordering of the capacity test

Posted on 25 January 2025

MacPherson v Sunderland City Council [2024] EWCA Civ 1579 is another chapter in the very long-running saga concerning contempt proceedings… Read more

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How far can the Court of Protection go to ensure its orders are complied with?

Posted on 16 June 2024 Updated on 16 June 2024

In LB Hackney v A, B and C [2024] EWCOP 33, John McKendrick KC has answered a question which, as… Read more

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Capacity and contempt proceedings – what is the test?

Posted on 2 June 2024

What is the test to decide whether you can defend yourself against a charge that you are in contempt of… Read more

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Brain stem death and the courts – what to do where there is no clinical justification for hoping for a miracle

Posted on 2 June 2024

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation v The Mother of G [2024] EWHC 1288 (Fam) adds to the small… Read more

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Where every option is problematic and the optimism of best interests is not enough: a dilemma for the Court of Appeal

Posted on 25 May 2024

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of both the local authority and the Official Solicitor against the decision… Read more

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Closed material and parallel proceedings – Henke J provides a route map

Posted on 8 May 2024

Henke J has followed the Closed Hearings and Closed Material Guidance ([2023] EWCOP 6) and produced a judgment “to enable disclosure… Read more

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Court of Protection Handbook update May 2024

Posted on 26 April 2024 Updated on 26 April 2024

A few days early (next week is particularly busy for me), the May 2024 quarterly update to the Court of… Read more

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Revoking a deputyship – are the Court of Protection’s powers constrained?

Posted on 26 April 2024

In CL v Swansea Bay University Health Board & Ors [2024] EWCOP 22 Theis J has confirmed that that the… Read more

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Serious medical treatment – the importance of the public record

Posted on 22 April 2024

In 2014, a (relatively) very long time ago, Sir James Munby, then President of the Court of Protection, issued guidance… Read more

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Don’t ignore the Serious Medical Treatment Guidance – but let’s be clear about what the law requires

Posted on 4 February 2024 Updated on 16 April 2024

This is a post co-written by Tor Butler-Cole KC and I, prompted by the decision in GUP v EUP and… Read more

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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Nottinghamshire County Council v JW & Anor 19 March 2026
  • Emerald Josephine Toogood v HM Senior Coroner for the Area of Somerset 17 March 2026
  • BHO, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor 10 March 2026
  • Lonan Daniel O'Herlihy v Jennifer Mary Taylor & Anor 9 March 2026
  • Shah Ali v General Medical Council 6 March 2026
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  • Purani Swami Dharmanandan Dasji v Daveen Mavji Bhudia & Ors 3 March 2026
  • Lesley Barnor Townsend v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 3 March 2026
  • EB, R (on the application of) v Director of Legal Aid Casework 25 February 2026
  • Eesa Mohammed v Adam Ali & Anor 24 February 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Eagle Care Services Limited v Care Quality Commission 12 March 2026
  • BHO, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor 10 March 2026
  • XY, Re 6 March 2026
  • CGT, R (on the application of) v West Sussex County Council 13 February 2026
  • R v Adam Culverwell 10 February 2026
  • MXV, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Home Department 10 February 2026
  • DB v Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust & Anor 5 February 2026
  • R v Maria Kwiatkowska 4 February 2026
  • East Riding of Yorkshire Council v The Mother & Ors 2 February 2026
  • MM,R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 28 January 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (Participation of patient). DB v Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKUT 28 (AAC)
  • Case (JR of legal aid refusal). R (EB) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2026] EWHC 402 (Admin)
  • Case (Nurse sex offender). R v Andrew Culverwell [2026] EWCA Crim 203
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 156, December 2025)
  • Changes to hearing type. Mental Health Tribunal, 'Late applications to change type of hearing (video/face-to-face)' (23 February 2026)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 158, March 2026)
  • Law Society MHT practice note. Law Society, 'Practice note: Representation before mental health tribunals' (7 October 2025)
  • Tribunal book. Edward Jacobs, Tribunal Practice and Procedure (6th edn, LAG 2024)
  • Victims guidance. Tribunal guidance T118: Victims of violent or sexual offences (February 2026)
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