The judiciary have been going into overdrive. Since my last mini news update, not only will be reporting upon the… Read more
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Category: Practice and Procedure
Section 49 reports – the thorny issues
A cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site, where I have just written about the very recent decision in… Read more
The Court of Protection comes of age
A cross-post to the summary and comment on the extremely important Court of Appeal decision in Re MN handed down… Read more
Judicial authorisations of deprivation of liberty guide updated
The Guide to the procedure to follow when seeking judicial authorisations of deprivation of liberty following Re X written by Neil Allen, Tor… Read more
Intervening in child-birth – when to go to Court
NHS Trust & Ors v FG [2014] EWCOP 30 Summary In this judgment, Keehan J has given important guidance as… Read more
A true tangle – capacity, influence and the inherent jurisdiction
NCC v PB and TB [2014] EWCOP 14 Summary This decision of Parker J was handed down in March, but… Read more
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