In Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership v WA & Anor [2020] EWCOP 37, Hayden J had to consider the… Read more
Tag: medical treatment
Stem cell donation, altruism and the Court of Protection
In A NHS Foundation Trust v MC [2020] EWCOP 33, Cohen J has confirmed that it can be in the… Read more
‘True’ best interests, advance decisions and the subjective approach
In Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26, Hayden J considered an application, initially made to him… Read more
Advance care planning – in conversation with Dr Mark Taubert
The palliative care consultant Dr Mark Taubert and I have recorded a two-part conversation about the interaction between law and… Read more
Treatment escalation and best interests
In University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust v ED [2020] EWCOP 18, Moor J had to consider whether treatment escalation would… Read more
New guidelines on Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness
New guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians and endorsed or supported by a further 15 health bodies offer updated… Read more
Medical treatment, due haste, and capacity complexities
Possibly as a result of lessons learned in relation to the case of Mrs H, the same NHS Trust has… Read more
Medical treatment: delay, neglect and judicial despair
Following the recent – deeply troubling – case involving Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Hayden J has had to… Read more
Not only inimical… but potentially fatal, an update
Further to the judgment in Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v H [2020] EWCOP 5, discussed here, it… Read more
Refusing food, (in)capacity and coming to court
In QJ v A Local Authority Hayden J was considering the situation of an 87 year old man with vascular… Read more