The very difficult case of Rotherham and Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust v NR & Anor [2024] EWCOP… Read more
Not enough judgments of District Judges are published. This is in part because very many decisions that they make are… Read more
In light of the publication of the Westminster Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee’s (very good) report on assisted dying… Read more
If you have been found by a criminal court that you did not know what you were doing was wrong… Read more
In Re RM Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 7, the provisions of the Mental Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 came… Read more
In Aberdeenshire Council v SF (No 2) [2024] EWCOP 10, Poole J took the very unusual step of declining to… Read more
A revised COP44A Help with fees application, and COP44B guidance notes have been published and are to be used with… Read more
Poole J is rapidly becoming the specialist sexual capacity judge at the Court of Protection. Following his decisions in Hull… Read more
Re DY [2024] EWCOP 4 is a case showing how demanding taking capacity seriously is – and should be. It… Read more
This is a post co-written by Tor Butler-Cole KC and I, prompted by the decision in GUP v EUP and… Read more