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Wakefield MDC and Wakefield CCG v DN and MN
Summary[1] DN was a 25 year old man described as having a severe form of autism, a general anxiety disorder and traits of emotionally unstable personality disorder. He was ‘not… Read more »
Redcar and Cleveland BC v PR and others
Summary[1] In this case, Cobb J was concerned with a 32 year old woman who had recently been affected by mental health problems which had resulted in admission to hospital… Read more »
The Hospital v JJ
Summary JJ was 23 and lived with his parents. Months earlier he had been diagnosed with type 1 insulin dependent diabetes which he was struggling to come to terms with…. Read more »
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust v RR
Summary RR was a 20 year old man who had been afflicted by aplastic anaemia for five years, and treatment, including a bone marrow transplant, had not been successful –… Read more »
LB Hackney v SJF
Summary This case concerned the care and residence of a 56 year old woman with significant physical health problems as well as schizophrenia and a learning disability. She had lived… Read more »
CB v Medway Council & Anor
Summary This unusual appeal against dismissal of a s.21A application clarifies the (very limited) circumstances under which it could ever been appropriate to dismiss such applications on a summary basis…. Read more »
NHS Cumbria CCG v Rushton
Hayden J has both given clear endorsement to the BMA/RCP guidance on decisions about clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (‘CANH’) and reiterated the obligations imposed on medical practitioners in relation… Read more »
NHS Windsor and Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group v SP (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor)
Summary[1] SP was 50 years old when she suffered a cardiac arrest in October 2014. She was admitted to hospital, treated with clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) and never… Read more »
LB Wandsworth v M & Ors
Summary In LB Wandsworth v M & Ors, Hayden J was faced with a significant problem in relation to a child about to turn 18. The solution that he adopted,… Read more »
M v A Hospital
Summary[1] In M v A Hospital Peter Jackson J (giving one of his last judgments before his elevation to the Court of Appeal) has made clear his view that there… Read more »
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