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Court of Protection
Parents At High Court As They Seek Permission To Take Daughter To Italy For Treatment
Yesterday, The High Court heard a case of a five-year-old girl Tafida Raqeeb who is in a coma. UK doctors recommended her life support was switched off. Legal action has… Read more »
‘Sex and dementia: the intimate minefield of consent in a care home’ – Alex Ruck Keene
Alex Ruck Keene appears in the Guardian to discuss the highly complex issue of consent to sex with regards to individuals suffering from Dementia. To read the full article, please… Read more »
Costs in the Court of Protection: breach of condition of standard authorisation
BP v Harrow [2019] EWCOP 20 was a s.21A MCA 2005 application made on behalf of “P” who objected to being in a care home. He wanted to return to… Read more »
Local Authorities & Mediation: Two Reports on Mediation in SEND and Court of Protection
Katie Scott will be speaking at the launch of two research reports, giving details of the soon-to-be-launched Court of Protection Mediation Scheme, taking place on Tuesday 4 June 2019, from… Read more »
DoLS is dead, long live the Liberty Protection Safeguards
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill has passed its final Parliamentary stage, clearing the Lords for the last time on 24 April. We do not yet have a date for Royal… Read more »
Court of Protection Bar Association
The 39 Essex Capacity Law team congratulate Alex Ruck Keene and Vikram Sachdeva QC on their election to the Committee of the newly formed Court of Protection Bar Association. Details… Read more »
A (Capacity: Social Media and Internet Use: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 2
Parishil Patel QC (for the Official Solicitor), Victoria Butler-Cole (for the local authority) and Neil Allen (acting pro bono for A’s parents) appear in the first reported Court of Protection decision addressing… Read more »
39 Essex Chambers to speak and exhibit at the LLG Governance Conference 2018 in Gateshead
39 Essex Chambers will be speaking and exhibiting at the LLG Governance Conference, which will take place at the Hilton Gateshead (Newcastle) on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th October 2018…. Read more »
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