The Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J has published guidance on serious medical treatment applications in the Court… Read more
Tag: medical treatment
The MHA, force-feeding and best interests
In JK v A Local Health Board [2019] EWHC 67 (Fam), Lieven J had to grapple with the intersection between the… Read more
Medical treatment and 16/17 year olds – joining the dots
Prompted by work done for the case of Re D, in which the Supreme Court gave judgment ([2019] UKSC 42)… Read more
Termination and best interests: the Court of Appeal’s reasons
The Court of Appeal has now given its reasons ([2019] EWCA Civ 1215) for its decision in Re AB to… Read more
Contingency planning and the Court of Protection
In United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust v CD [2019] EWCOP 24, Francis J has grappled with a subject that has… Read more
Medical treatment, best interests, and the desire to live
If proof were needed that Bland has politely been consigned to the history books, it can be found in the… Read more
Life-sustaining treatment – what would P have done? And does it make a difference that she is in a ‘pro-life’ nursing home?
In A Clinical Commissioning Group v P (Withdrawal of CANH) [2019] EWCOP 18, MacDonald J gave a detailed judgment to… Read more
Reproductive rights and when it is ‘right’ to go to court
University Hospitals of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust v J (Medical Treatment: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 16 concerned whether it… Read more
Will, preferences, amputation – and the need for early involvement of the court
The decision of Lieven J in East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust v PW [2019] EWCOP 10[1] is of importance for… Read more
ADRTs, medical obligations and decision-making relation in CANH
In NHS Cumbria CCG v Rushton [2018] EWCOP 41, Hayden J has both given clear endorsement to the BMA/RCP guidance… Read more