With thanks to Matthew Wyard of 3PB for bringing this case to my attention, MM (C) v RB Greenwich [2024] UKUT 179 (AAC) is an … Read More ›
Tag: litigation capacity
What is the test to decide whether you can defend yourself against a charge that you are in contempt of court? That was the question … Read More ›
For civil practitioners, the White Book is an (inordinately expensive) but often indispensable addition to their suite of materials. It is also frequently cited by … Read More ›
A revised version of the form used to address (and where the person lacks the capacity, to explain in detail why that is the case) … Read More ›
In King v The Wright Roofing Company Ltd [2020] EWHC 2129 (QB), a personal injury case, Kerr J had to decide whether the claimant had capacity … Read More ›
In a judgment relating to the business affairs of the Hinduja family (Hinduja v Hinduja & Ors [2020] EWHC 1533 (Ch)) Falk J, sitting in … 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 ›
As many of you will know, I have spent a significant part of this year working on guidance commissioned by the Department of Health for IMCAs, … Read More ›
The April issue of the Mental Capacity Law Newsletter is now out. It has a has a new look this month, and, in a step … Read More ›
Dunhill v Burgin (Nos 1 and 2) [2014] UKSC 18 Summary Ms Dunhill sought to have a compromise agreement into which she had entered declared … Read More ›