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Mental Capacity Law Cases
A CCG v DC, MC and AC
Summary This case concerned a 20-year-old man in residential care who lacked capacity to decide whether to have the Covid-19 vaccinations and boosters. He was at high risk of serious… Read more »
S (Vulnerable Party: Fairness of Proceedings)
Summary The Court of Appeal considered how to handle vulnerable witnesses in the Family Courts and the need to proactively identify vulnerable witnesses. The case concerned care proceedings relating to… Read more »
London Borough of X v MR, PD and AB
Summary MR was an 86-year-old gentleman with advanced dementia who, during the first Covid emergency in April 2020, was discharged from hospital to a secular nursing home where he remained… Read more »
Chandler v Lombardi
Summary This case concerned a family dispute about the transfer of a property. Prior to her death, a property owned solely by Ms Chandler was transferred into the joint names… Read more »
R. (on the application of Worcestershire CC) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Summary JG was originally from Worcestershire and was detained under s.3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 with treatment resistant schizoaffective disorder. She was discharged and placed in residential care… Read more »
E & F (Minors: Blood Transfusion)
How should the Court exercise its power to overrule the decision of a competent minor? Summary In E & F (Minors: Blood Transfusions), the Court of Appeal considered appeals brought… Read more »
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v AH
Summary Theis J reconsidered the best interests of 56 year old Covid-19 patient AH for whom treating clinicians considered artificial ventilation was no longer in her best interests. This was… Read more »
R(BL) v LB Islington
Summary This case concerning litigation capacity in the judicial review context is not merely relevant to such cases but also poses interesting question for proceedings before the Court of Protection…. Read more »
MM v A City Council
Summary The case related to a young man, ‘Michael’ or ‘MM.’ Michael had diagnoses of mild learning disabilities, dissocial personality disorder and had ongoing problems with using illicit substances. He… Read more »
Re AH (Serious Medical Treatment)
Summary The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection cases. In AH, it was asked to overturn the… Read more »
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