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Evers v Germany
Summary This case concerned the application of Articles 8 and 6 in the context of a private (sexual) relationship between a man (the applicant) and the adult daughter of his… Read more »
BP v Surrey County Council & Anor
Summary In this case, Hayden J had to grapple with the impact of COVID-19 in the care home setting. The urgent application arose in the context of an existing s.21A… Read more »
CH v A Metropolitan Council
Summary CH was born with Downs Syndrome and an associated learning difficulty. In 2010, he married his wife, WH, and they lived together in his parents’ home. They sought fertility… Read more »
Djaba v West London MH Trust and others
Summary Since 2014, Mr Djaba had been accommodated in a “super seclusion suite” at Broadmoor under a restricted hospital order (Mental Health Act 1983 ss37/41). Built entirely for his confinement,… Read more »
Mrs P v Rochdale Borough Council & Others
Summary Mrs P’s deprivation of liberty was authorised in a nursing home. By the time of the final hearing in the MCA section 21A proceedings, place of residence was not… Read more »
Birmingham City Council v D and W
Summary[1] This is the sequel to Trust A v X and A Local Authority [2015] EWHC 922 (Fam), summarised here. In the first instalment, a 15-year-old boy – who had… Read more »
KC v Poland
Summary KC was 72, widowed, and under the apparent care of a social guardian, having previously been declared to be partially incapacitated. Following an application by social services to place… Read more »
Somerset v MK (Court of Protection Deprivation of Liberty: Best Interests Decisions: Conduct of a Local Authority)
Summary HHJ Nicholas Marston has made findings of extensive breaches of the Convention rights of P, a young woman with severe learning disabilities and autism, and her family, by Somerset… Read more »
R (Tracey) v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Ors
Summary: This decision did not concern an incapacitated patient, but is likely to be of relevance to readers insofar as it relates to serious medical treatment decisions at the end… Read more »
R (Cornwall Council) v SoS for Health & Ors
Summary: This very important decision of the Court of Appeal overturns the decision of Beatson J that we reported upon in December 2012 and will require the Department of Health… Read more »
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