In 2015, in Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v C and V [2015] EWCOP 80, MacDonald J provided both the then-authoritative summary of the principles … Read More ›
Tag: Best interests
In NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB v JH [2023] EWCOP 3, Hayden J was asked to consider whether an advance decision to refuse invasive tests or … Read More ›
Hayden J had the chance in Re RN [2022] EWCOP 53 to put comprehensively to bed a suggestion that it is striking (to put it … Read More ›
The final report of the Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law project has now been published. Led by Dr Camillia Kong, and in … Read More ›
Following a previous training film about communication and participation for Court of Protection lawyers, a project team including researchers based at the Institute for Crime … Read More ›
Having just updated our guidance note about assessing and recording capacity, we have now updated our guidance note on determining and recording best interests. But … Read More ›
Our guidance note has been updated to reflect the decision of the Supreme Court in JB, as well as other recent case-law. We have also taken … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection cases. In Re AH (Serious … Read More ›
In Hull City Council v A & Ors [2021] EWCOP 60, Poole J was concerned with – in effect – what was less bad: allowing a … Read More ›
In North West London Clinical Commissioning Group v GU [2021] EWCOP 59, Hayden J made a series of very powerful observations about the obligations imposed … Read More ›