Barnet Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust & Anor v Mr K & Ors [2023] EWCOP 35 concerned the… Read more
Tag: capacity
The MCA and money – new shedinar
In this shedinar, recorded in August 2023, I explain how the MCA applies when thinking about people’s money, property and… Read more
What place diagnosis? Learning Disability, deafness and the Court of Protection
The case of TW v Middlesbrough Council [2023] EWCOP 30 raises an important issue about diagnosis in the context of Learning… Read more
Litigation friends – their duties and discharge: putting right a serious misstep
Major v Kirishana [2023] EWHC 1593 (KB) is a distinctly troubling case, in that it involved – at one stage… Read more
Disentangling decisions – and do they even need to be taken: the Court of Protection pronounces
Wiltshire County Council v RB & Ors [2023] EWCOP 26 concerned a 29 year old woman diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder…. Read more
Executive capacity and the Court of Protection
Warrington Borough Council v Y & Ors [2023] EWCOP 27. This application concerned Y, who was in her early twenties…. Read more
What should happen where it appears impossible to engage the person? A high-stakes question for the Court of Protection
In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust & Anor v RL & Ors [2023] EWCOP 22 (a decision handed down in… Read more
Interpersonal influence and decision-making capacity – in conversation with Kevin Ariyo
In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Dr Kevin Ariyo about the research that he led (as part of… Read more
Capacity, financial decision-making and young people: new toolkit
A toolkit has been published today (9 June 2023) by the Ministry of Justice as part of a commitment to… Read more
Islam, capacity and best interests – in conversation with Siddiq Diwan
In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Siddiq Diwan, Imam and Lead Muslim Chaplain at the Manchester University Hospital… Read more