Following on from its consultation on visiting in care homes and hospitals in England, the DHSC has (1) published its response; and (2) laid before … Read More ›
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In lieu of a Mental Capacity Report, the next edition of which will be out in February, and which will have further coverage of the … Read More ›
A Local Authority v KP [2023] EHWC 3210 (Fam) is a case not easily reducible to a short summary. In very broad outline, however, it … Read More ›
A Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v K [2023] EWCOP 59 concerned the treatment for leukaemia of a patient detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. … Read More ›
In The NHS Foundation Trust v K [2023] EWCOP 57, Judd J had to consider an application for declarations with respect for K, a young … Read More ›
Paul Bowen KC, sitting as a Tier 3 Judge, helpfully restated the interaction between the MCA and the ECHR in the medical treatment context in … Read More ›
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 ›
The Civil Justice Council has published a consultation on Procedure for Determining Mental Capacity in Civil Proceedings which will run for 3 months until 17 … Read More ›
In Devon Partnership NHS Trust v SSHC [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin), handed down on 22 January 2021, the Divisional Court held that “the phrases “personally seen” in … Read More ›
In this ‘in conversation with,’ I am joined by my colleague at 39 Essex Chambers, Arianna Kelly, to talk about her new book, Social Care … Read More ›