In United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust v CD [2019] EWCOP 24, Francis J has grappled with a subject that has… Read more
Tag: capacity
Birth arrangements, interventions and the art (not science) of capacity
In NHS Trust v P [2019] EWCOP 23, Williams J was asked to endorse the covert carrying out (under general… Read more
Sex, social media and ‘silos’: the Court of Appeal pronounces
In B v A Local Authority [2019] EWCA Civ 913, the Court of Appeal has made both general and specific… Read more
Sexual relations, rights and capacity
The judgment in Re NB [2019] EWCOP 17 has just appeared on Bailli of a hearing on 7 May 2019… Read more
Capacity, pre-nuptial agreements and knowledge of your own assets
PBM v TGT & X Local Authority [2019] EWCOP 6 addresses the questions of capacity to marry, enter into a… Read more
Executive dysfunction under the judicial spotlight
In TB v KB and LH (Capacity to Conduct Proceedings) [2019] EWCOP 14 Macdonald J had cause to consider the… Read more
Sex, rights and controversy
The reported remarks of Hayden J at a directions hearing about the husband’s “right” to have sex with his wife… Read more
Capacity, social media and the internet
In two linked judgments, Re A (Capacity: Social Media and Internet Use: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 2 and Re B… Read more
Voluntary psychiatric patients, suicide and the duty to protect – Strasbourg pronounces
In Fernandes de Olivera v Portugal [2019] ECHR 106, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, in a… Read more
GMC consent guidance consultation
The GMC is consulting on revised consent guidance, which outlines what doctors should consider when discussing treatment and care with patients. According to… Read more