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Mental Capacity Law Cases
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v C
Possibly as a result of lessons learned in relation to the case of Mrs H, the same NHS Trust has brought a further application in relation to the treatment for… Read more »
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board v P
Hayden J has had to grapple with a further case in which delay in bringing a case to court has had serious consequences for the person. The case concerned a… Read more »
Re QJ
In QJ v A Local Authority Hayden J was considering the situation of an 87 year old man with vascular dementia challenging a DoLS authorisation under s.21A. The man was,… Read more »
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v H
This latest example of delay in bringing and then resolving an application relating to medical treatment was “not only inimical but […] potentially fatal” to the person in question. It… Read more »
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust v X
Summary This case concerned the obstetric care and delivery of X, a young woman who had a number of different mental health diagnosis including bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder and personality… 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 »
Re AB (Termination of Pregnancy)
Summary[1] The question arose for determination whether it was in the best interests of a young woman with moderate learning disabilities to undergo a termination. Matters proceeded at speed in… Read more »
United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust v CD
Summary[1] Francis J has grappled with a subject that has been perennially difficult for practitioners: what to do where a person currently has capacity to make a relevant decision but… Read more »
NHS Trust v JP
Summary[1] In NHS Trust v P [2019] EWCOP 23, Williams J was asked to endorse the covert carrying out (under general anaesthetic) of a Caesarean section on a young woman,… Read more »
University Hospitals of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust v J (Medical Treatment: Best Interests)
Summary This case concerned the question of whether it was in the best interests of a woman, identified as ‘Anne,’ to undergo a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and a colonoscopy,… Read more »
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