Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board v AB & Anor [2025] EWCOP 24 (T3) is a judgment about case management in a… Read more
Tag: practice and procedure
Fees changes in the Court of Protection
From 1 April 2025, with amendments to the Court of Protection Fees Order 2007 and the Civil Proceeding Fees Order… Read more
Consultation, (rotten) compromises and challenging complacency – Hayden J on the warpath
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board v JP & Ors [2025] EWCOP 4 T3 and [2025] EWCOP 8 (T3)… Read more
Obstetric cases and the Court of Protection – the need for timeliness (again)
Peel J in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust & Anor v PQ [2024] EWCOP 73 (T3) has reiterated the need for… Read more
Equal Treatment Bench Book – new edition
A new (2024) edition of the Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB) has been published. As it notes in the preface: Treating… Read more
Article 5(4), community deprivation of liberty and jury-rigging a solution
Re PQ (Court Authorised Dol : Representation During Review Period) [2024] EWCOP 41 (T3), Poole J examined in some detail… Read more
A decision for the court or the doctors? A stark question for Henke J
Re AA (Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment: No Best Interests Decision) [2024] EWCOP 39 (T3) is a difficult case. It concerned… Read more
How far can the Court of Protection go to ensure its orders are complied with?
In LB Hackney v A, B and C [2024] EWCOP 33, John McKendrick KC has answered a question which, as… Read more
Capacity and contempt proceedings – what is the test?
What is the test to decide whether you can defend yourself against a charge that you are in contempt of… Read more
Brain stem death and the courts – what to do where there is no clinical justification for hoping for a miracle
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation v The Mother of G [2024] EWHC 1288 (Fam) adds to the small… Read more