The National Mental Capacity Forum held a webinar on 15 June about preparing for the cliff-edge of 18. A recording of the webinar is available … Read More ›
Tag: Best interests
A NHS Foundation Trust v An Expectant Mother [2021] EWCOP 33 has attracted considerable discussion. The case concerned an expectant woman aged 21 with what … Read More ›
The contours of the issue in A Local Authority v TA & Ors [2021] EWCOP 22 were sketched out economically in the opening paragraphs of … Read More ›
An article that I have co-written with a former student of mine, Michal Friedman, has just (March 2021) appeared in the Journal of Elder Law … Read More ›
It is difficult to do better in introducing the decision in London NHS Trust v CD & Ors (Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Treatment) [2021] EWCOP … Read More ›
Re EOA [2021] EWCOP 20 is a complex case in relation to a 19 year old man, of wider interest for the way in which … Read More ›
Re CR. [2021] EWCOP 19, decided by HHJ Butler differed to the previous two (both decided by Hayden J) because it concerned a much younger … Read More ›
The Royal College of Physicians has published (10 March 2021) a guide to practical care and clinical assistance. Its particular focus is on the complexities … Read More ›
In Re NZ [2021] EWCOP 16, Hayden J had to address, in even more acute form, the dilemma that he had addressed in Sandwell And … Read More ›
In Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust v TW & Anor [2021] EWCOP 13, Hayden J considered a version of a dilemma that presents … Read More ›