NCC v PB and TB [2014] EWCOP 14 Summary This decision of Parker J was handed down in March, but… Read more
A true tangle – capacity, influence and the inherent jurisdiction
Category: Practice and Procedure
The CoP and post-mortem confidentiality
Press Association v Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust [2014] EWCOP 6 Summary This is the follow up to a… Read more
Costs, the CoP and the media
Re G (Adult) (Costs) [2014] EWCOP 5 Summary We have covered the previous episodes in this rather depressing story in… 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
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
The judges speak
As I noted this morning, the President and Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Sir James Munby and Mr Justice… Read more
The Supreme Court pronounces on litigation capacity (and the effect of incapacity) in civil proceedings
Dunhill v Burgin (Nos 1 and 2) [2014] UKSC 18 Summary Ms Dunhill sought to have a compromise agreement into… Read more
Another C-Section case and the ‘secret’ court
Since the widely-reported case of Ms Pacchieri (Re AA [2012] EWHC 4378 (COP)), there has been a string of cases… Read more
Fact-finding and probability: the importance of asking the right questions
Re D (A Child) [2014] EWHC 121 (Fam) (Mostyn J) Summary This decision in a fact-finding hearing relating to children… Read more
Appeals to the Court of Appeal from the CoP: securing against the risk of costs
JE (Jamaica) v SSHD [2014] EWCA Civ 192 (Court of Appeal (Laws, Jackson and Black LJJ)) Summary This is an… Read more