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 ›
Category: Practice and Procedure
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 ›
In HH v Hywel DDa University Health Board & Ors [2023] EWCOP 18, Francis J gave a clear and detailed analysis of how the Court … Read More ›
In Re VA (Medical Treatment) [2023] EWCA Civ 1190, the Court of Appeal considered an appeal by a litigant in person (on her behalf, and … Read More ›
In Esper v NHS NW London ICB (Appeal : Anonymity in Committal Proceedings) [2023] EWCOP 29, Poole J addressed the complexities of the (not entirely … Read More ›
Major v Kirishana [2023] EWHC 1593 (KB) is a distinctly troubling case, in that it involved – at one stage – a person being effectively … Read More ›
In the conjoined appeals of Abbasi and Haastrup [2023] EWCA Civ 331, the Court of Appeal has grappled with the questions of (1) the jurisdiction … Read More ›
The case of A Local Authority v H [2023] EWCOP 4 concerned a young adult, H, described by Hayden J as a “natal male who … Read More ›
From January 2023, the new upfront notification process will become the standard process for all Property and Affairs deputyship applications, following a successful pilot. A … Read More ›
In Re EM [2022] EWCOP 31, Mostyn J expressed a number of concerns about the transparency order made in the case before him by Keehan … Read More ›