Cafcass and the Official Solicitor have published a joint practice note dated January 2023 “intended to assist the judiciary and… Read more
Tag: medical treatment
Advance decisions to refuse treatment – presuming a presumption of capacity?
In NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB v JH [2023] EWCOP 3, Hayden J was asked to consider whether an advance decision… Read more
Reported judgments involving medical treatment of children
In a very helpful development anyone either interested in or involved in cases involving the medical treatment of children, Professor… Read more
Book Review: “Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law” (4th edition)
Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law (4th edition) (Edited by Christopher Johnston QC and Sophia Roper QC (Bloomsbury Professional, 2012, paperback… Read more
The black box of the judicial visit to P – the Court of Appeal’s concerns and requirements
The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection… Read more
Best interests decision-making, dignity and delay – obligations that cannot be avoided
In North West London Clinical Commissioning Group v GU [2021] EWCOP 59, Hayden J made a series of very powerful… Read more
Advance decisions, Jehovah’s Witnesses and what does “doing something clearly inconsistent” with your ADRT mean?
The (surprisingly) small body of case-law relating to advance decisions to refuse treatments has been added to by a judgment… Read more
Gillick competence, puberty-blockers and the Court of Appeal
In Bell & Anor v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363, the Court of Appeal… Read more
The Court of Protection and “the most complex Covid patient in the world”
The Court of Protection braced itself when COVID-19 hit for decisions to be placed before it about the withdrawal of… Read more
A judgment as tribute: finding the person behind the prognosis (and thoughts on harm and dignity)
It is difficult to do better in introducing the decision in London NHS Trust v CD & Ors (Withdrawal of… Read more