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Mental Capacity Law Cases
PBU and NJE v Mental Health Tribunal
Summary This significant judgment of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, concerned two patients for whom electro-convulsive therapy (‘ECT’) was proposed. PBU did not agree that he had schizophrenia but… Read more »
RAO v ROO
Summary In this unusual case, a husband sought orders in relation to medical treatment in relation to his wife, ROO, who was on palliative care in hospital. She had suffered… Read more »
Manchester City Council v LC & Anor
Summary[1] This case, concerning the sexual relationships of LC, a young woman with autism and a learning disability, received considerable public attention shortly before this judgment was handed down, a… Read more »
Mr & Mrs Z v Kent County Council
Summary This case concerned a wide range of issues in the context of family proceedings which had gone badly wrong, of which for present purposes the most relevant is the issue… Read more »
Griffiths v Chief Constable of Suffolk
Summary Ouseley J has examined whether a claim in negligence following a murder committed by an individual whom a mental health trust failed to detain under the MHA could succeed…. Read more »
UCLH NHS Trust v KG
Summary and comment[1] In this case, Cohen J had to decide whether to give authority to administer an entirely novel treatment to a middle-aged man suffering from sporadic CJD. All… Read more »
The Public Guardian v DA and others
In this case Baker LJ considered a number of different issues that arise seemingly frequently concerning the registration of lasting powers of attorney. Of general interest are those that concern… Read more »
Re T (A Child)
The issue in this appeal was whether a lack of valid consent was a pre-requisite to the exercise of the inherent jurisdiction authorising the restriction of the liberty of a… Read more »
London Borough of Enfield v Matrix Deputies Limited, DW, OM and the Public Guardian
Summary Senior Judge Hilder in this case decided various further issues arising from the discharge of a large number of deputyships held by Matrix Deputies Limited and its former employees… Read more »
LB Hounslow v A Father and A Mother
Summary The sound of toys leaving the judicial pram at high speed can be heard when reading the judgment in this decision on costs from DJ Eldergill, arising out of… Read more »
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