In ND (Court of Protection: Costs and Declarations) [2020] EWCOP 42, the Court of Protection has alighted upon procedural failings… Read more
Tag: practice and procedure
Contempt, court orders and P’s confidentiality
In a very unusual case, P v Griffith [2020] EWCOP 46, the Court of Protection has sentenced a woman, a… Read more
Section 21A, interim declarations and an ALR in action
In DP v LB Hillingdon [2020] EWCOP 45, Hayden J has clarified what the court is to do on an… Read more
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
The Court of Protection, injunctions and persons unknown
In Re SF (Injunctions) [2020] EWCOP 19, Keehan J was concerned with a young woman, SF, who had a diagnosis… 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
Serious Medical Treatment – Practice Guidance
The Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J has published guidance on serious medical treatment applications in the Court… Read more
Deprivation of liberty in the community – how not to apply to court
The frankly astonishing case of LB Barnet v JDO & Ors [2019] EWCOP 47 reads as an object lesson in… Read more