PBM v TGT & X Local Authority [2019] EWCOP 6 addresses the questions of capacity to marry, enter into a… Read more
Tag: property and affairs
When not telling is in a person’s best interests
In the personal injury case of EXB v FDZ & Ors [2018] EHWC 3456 (QB), Foskett J had to grapple… Read more
Financial decision-making: new guidance on capacity issued
The excellent Empowerment Matters has just published (free) guidance on assessing, supporting and empowering specific decision-making in the context of financial… Read more
Local authority deputies – the pros (and a con?)
In Re EU (Appointment of a Deputy) [2014] EWCOP 21 (a case that missed the cut for the August Mental Capacity Law… Read more
Going the extra mile – a model assessment of capacity
Wandsworth CCG v IA and TA [2014] EWHC 990 (COP) Summary This case is a model of the assessment of the… Read more
Tithing and the CoP – religion under the capacity microscope
A County Council v MS and RS [2014] EWHC B14 (COP) Summary MS was a Mormon. He was also mentally… Read more
OPG investigations vs police investigations
Re DP (Revocation of Lasting Power of Attorney) CoP Case No: 12351387 (Senior Judge Lush) Summary This is the first… Read more
When informality in decision-making goes wrong
JS v KB and MP (Property and Affairs Deputy for DB) [2014] EWHC 483 (COP) (Cobb J) Summary This decision… Read more
Making financial provision for children – how should the s4 exercise work?
Re X,Y and Z (Minors) [2014] EWHC 87 (COP) (Baker J) Summary This case relates to the authorisation of payments… Read more