[This post has now been superseded by this one, reflecting the changes from 19 July 2021] The DHSC’s guidance for… Read more
Tag: COVID-19
When would continuing life-sustaining treatment be unethical? Another agonising dilemma before the Court of Protection
In Re NZ [2021] EWCOP 16, Hayden J had to address, in even more acute form, the dilemma that he… Read more
How long can you wait to allow the family to gather around the bedside? The agonisingly fine line between best interests and clinical appropriateness
In Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust v TW & Anor [2021] EWCOP 13, Hayden J considered a version… Read more
Vaccination – another case, and confirmation of the centrality of the person’s wishes and feelings
In a further judgment concerning vaccination for COVID-19, Hayden J has amplified the approach that he set out in E… Read more
COVID-19 Vaccination and the MCA – the first Court of Protection judgment
In E (Vaccine) [2021] EWCOP 7, the Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J, has given the first reported… Read more
Family care and the lockdown regulations – an important (but nuanced) Court of Protection decision
The (surprisingly) small body of reported cases relating to COVID-19 (representing the tip of a rather larger iceberg) has been… Read more
Deliberative democracy and scarce NHS resources
A project that I worked on over the summer involving Kings College London and Ipsos MORI has just published its… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity October Report now out – and walkthrough
Welcome to the October 2020 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of… Read more
DNACPR notices – the danger signs
[I am very pleased to be able to host here a guest post by Richard Charlton and Bharati Gidoomal, two… Read more
Enforcement of self-isolation: another minefield to navigate in the capacity context
[This post has been superseded] The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 and set out a series of draconian… Read more