Re J (Blood Transfusion: Older Child: Jehovah’s Witnesses) [2024] EWHC 1034 (Fam) is a characteristically thoughtful judgment from Cobb J, concerning whether authorisation should be … Read More ›
Tag: assessing capacity
As Lieven J noted in her opening paragraph, A Council v An NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2024] EWHC 874 (Fam) was, even by the … Read More ›
Re ZZ (Capacity) [2024] EWCOP 21 is an example of a relatively species of case, namely a successful appeal in relation to capacity. At first … Read More ›
The case of Wareham v Betsi Cadwaladar University Health Board & Ors [2024] EWCOP 15 concerns a 36 year old autistic woman, Laura Wareham, who … Read More ›
Poole J is rapidly becoming the specialist sexual capacity judge at the Court of Protection. Following his decisions in Hull City Council v KF [2022] EWCOP … Read More ›
Re DY [2024] EWCOP 4 is a case showing how demanding taking capacity seriously is – and should be. It concerned a young woman, whom … Read More ›
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Isabel Astrachan and Dr Scott Kim about the paper we recently published together looking at the ways … Read More ›
The desperately sad case of An NHS Trust v ST & Anor [2023] EWCOP 40 provides an example of how far the courts have come … Read More ›
Chief social worker for adults Lyn Romeo and principal social workers have issued (8 August 2023) guidance on carrying out proportionate assessments under the Care … Read More ›
A substantially updated COP3 form is now live on the .gov.uk website. It has been overhauled (amongst other things) so as to reflect the correct … Read More ›