In the course of recent work (including in the context of the revision to the MCA Code of Practice) an interesting, important, and under-acknowledged phenomenon … Read More ›
Tag: medical treatment
In Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership v WA & Anor [2020] EWCOP 37, Hayden J had to consider the capacity of a young Palestinian … Read More ›
In A NHS Foundation Trust v MC [2020] EWCOP 33, Cohen J has confirmed that it can be in the best interests of a person … Read More ›
In Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26, Hayden J considered an application, initially made to him as the Out of Hours … Read More ›
The palliative care consultant Dr Mark Taubert and I have recorded a two-part conversation about the interaction between law and medicine in the context of … Read More ›
In University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust v ED [2020] EWCOP 18, Moor J had to consider whether treatment escalation would be in the best interests … Read More ›
New guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians and endorsed or supported by a further 15 health bodies offer updated guidance on the diagnosis, assessment, … Read More ›
Possibly as a result of lessons learned in relation to the case of Mrs H, the same NHS Trust has brought a further application in … Read More ›
Following the recent – deeply troubling – case involving Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Hayden J has had to grapple with a further case … Read More ›
Further to the judgment in Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v H [2020] EWCOP 5, discussed here, it has become clear that the … Read More ›