In LB Tower Hamlets v NB & AU [2019] EWCOP 27, Hayden J has made further observations about the test for capacity to consent to … Read More ›
Tag: capacity
The Court of Appeal has now given its reasons ([2019] EWCA Civ 1215) for its decision in Re AB to overturn the decision of Lieven … Read More ›
In United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust v CD [2019] EWCOP 24, Francis J has grappled with a subject that has been perennially difficult for practitioners: … Read More ›
In NHS Trust v P [2019] EWCOP 23, Williams J was asked to endorse the covert carrying out (under general anaesthetic) of a Caesarean section … Read More ›
In B v A Local Authority [2019] EWCA Civ 913, the Court of Appeal has made both general and specific observations about the assessment of … Read More ›
The judgment in Re NB [2019] EWCOP 17 has just appeared on Bailli of a hearing on 7 May 2019 at which Hayden J considered … Read More ›
PBM v TGT & X Local Authority [2019] EWCOP 6 addresses the questions of capacity to marry, enter into a prenuptial agreement and also disclosure … Read More ›
In TB v KB and LH (Capacity to Conduct Proceedings) [2019] EWCOP 14 Macdonald J had cause to consider the phenomenon of executive dysfunction in … Read More ›
The reported remarks of Hayden J at a directions hearing about the husband’s “right” to have sex with his wife have caused real controversy. Not … Read More ›
In two linked judgments, Re A (Capacity: Social Media and Internet Use: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 2 and Re B (Capacity: Social Media: Care and … Read More ›