The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of both the local authority and the Official Solicitor against the decision… Read more
In this “in conversation with”, I talk to Dr Jim Down about a whole host of matters related to intensive… Read more
Two recently published decisions of Cobb J have shone a light on the lesser spotted beast of the inherent jurisdiction… Read more
EIn University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v HER & Anor [2024] EWCOP 25, Senior Judge Hilder had to… Read more
Re HC [2024] EWCOP 24 is notable for the approach taken by Victoria Butler-Cole KC (sitting as a Tier 3… Read more
Re J (Blood Transfusion: Older Child: Jehovah’s Witnesses) [2024] EWHC 1034 (Fam) is a characteristically thoughtful judgment from Cobb J,… Read more
The May 2024 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation… Read more
Henke J has followed the Closed Hearings and Closed Material Guidance ([2023] EWCOP 6) and produced a judgment “to enable disclosure… Read more
In response to a question posed by the excellent Zena Bolwig on LinkedIn, an interesting discussion has broken out about… Read more
In VI v Moldova [2024] ECHR 251, the European Court of Human Rights considered the placement of a 15 year… Read more