With thanks to Niall Fry of the Department of Health for permission to publish this, I reproduce here a letter… Read more
Deprivation of liberty – what’s coming down the line
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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
Local authority deputies – the pros (and a con?)
In Re EU (Appointment of a Deputy) [2014] EWCOP 21 (a case that missed the cut for the August Mental Capacity Law… Read more
Guide to judicial authorisations of deprivation of liberty
The President of the Court of Protection has issued a preliminary judgment outlining the answers to some of the key… Read more
Post Cheshire West judgment now out
More will follow from the Chambers team later, but the ‘preliminary’ judgment from Sir James Munby P addressing the majority… Read more
A melancholy but profound milestone
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust v N [2014] EWCOP 16 Summary History was made in a very and dignified quiet… 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
Court of Protection Handbook is here!
I am extremely pleased to be able to announce that some very hard work on the part of Sophy Miles,… Read more
A defence of ‘fusion’ law
[I am very grateful to George Szmukler, Professor of Psychiatry and Society at the Institute of Psychiatry, KCL, for this… Read more
Self-neglect – a resource and another missed opportunity?
The Department of Health is currently consulting on the draft regulations and Guidance to accompany the implementation of Part I… Read more
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