Following the case of AH, in which the Court of Appeal expressed the “pressing need” for guidance in relation to judicial visits, the Vice-President of … Read More ›
Tag: Court of Protection practice and procedure
The Supreme Court website now has available for streaming the whole hearing in Re Y. Judgment both is reserved and eagerly awaited to clarify the … Read More ›
I am speaking at the Court of Protection Practitioners Association London Sub-Group event on 20 April on News from the Rule Committee. Also speaking, on the … Read More ›
A cross-post here to my fellow author Sophy Miles’ excellent post on the Court of Protection Handbook site on the two judgments handed down today … Read More ›
Following feedback that the procedure being adopted to ensure that parties were anonymised was perhaps a little too over-zealous, new guidance has been issued. If … Read More ›
The Transparency Pilot that we have covered previously is now finalised and will be starting on 29 January (NB, this means that the first pilot … Read More ›
Newton J has very recently authorised the publication of the order he made in St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust v P & Q [2015] EWCOP … Read More ›
The judiciary have been going into overdrive. Since my last mini news update, not only will be reporting upon the vitally important case of Re … Read More ›
A reminder that today, 1 July, is a big day at COP Towers because: (1) The remainder of the first round of COPR rule changes … Read More ›
The guidance note previously prepared by the editors of the Mental Capacity Law Newsletters has now been updated to take account of this week’s decision … Read More ›