The charity Compassion in Dying has published a comprehensive and powerful report based on analysis of calls and emails received… Read more
Perhaps prompted by the publication of the first report of the COVID-19 inquiry today (on the resilience and preparedness of… Read more
In NHS NW London ICB [2024] EWCOP 35, the Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Theis J, gave a careful… Read more
In Re BC (Child in Care: Change of Forename and Surname) [2024] EWHC 1639 (Fam), Poole J approved a request… Read more
For those wanting to get themselves up to speed in new posts, a few resources: On deprivation of liberty –… Read more
[update – the appeal against this decision was allowed by the Court of Appeal in February 2025. Judgment is awaited,… Read more
In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Jacob Jorem, a Norwegian psychiatrist, lawyer and researcher, about the Norwegian experience… Read more
In this video, I seek to answer a question I very often get asked – namely “why do I keep… Read more
With thanks to Matthew Wyard of 3PB for bringing this case to my attention, MM (C) v RB Greenwich [2024]… Read more
AB v CD [2024] EWCOP 32 concerned the best interests of a 27 year old man with a moderate learning… Read more