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Capacity, Court of Protection | Friday 8 September 2017
Damages under HRA 1998 for loss of conjugal relations during delay in implementing proposed sex education
CH (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v A Metropolitan Council [2017] EWCOP 12, Sir Mark Hedley sitting as Judge of the Court of Protection, 28 July 2017
Capacity, Court of Protection | Friday 8 September 2017
Company discharged as deputy for breach of fiduciary duty
The Public Guardian v Matrix Deputies Limited (1) LB Enfield (2) [2017] EWCOP 14, HHJ Hilder, 19 July 2017
Capacity, Court of Protection | Friday 8 September 2017
Best interests: preventing person with Korsakoff's Syndrome from drinking alcohol
DM v Y City Council [2017] EWCOP 13, Bodey J, 15 June 2017
Capacity, Court of Protection | Friday 8 September 2017
Extension of the Transparency, Case Management and s 49 pilots
The pilots have been extended (by amendment to each of the relevant pilot practice directions).
Capacity, Court of Protection | Friday 8 September 2017
Best interests and serious medical treatment where the person lacking capacity has delusional beliefs
NHS Foundation Trust v QZ (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) [2017] EWCOP 11, 6 June 2017, Hayden J
Court of Protection | Monday 31 July 2017
Applications before the court concerning the degree to which a person without capacity should be assisted in observing Islamic religious custom and practice in a supported care home
IH (Observance of Muslim Practice) [2017] EWCOP 9, 12 June 2017, Cobb J The first application was in respect of adherence to fasting during Ramadan and the second in respect of the trimming of IH’s axillary and pubic hair in accordance with Islamic cul
Court of Protection | Monday 31 July 2017
S21A MCA 2005 not appropriate where the central issue was whether CANH life-sustaining treatment was in a person’s best interests
Director of Legal Aid Casework (1) Secretaries of State for Health and for Justice (2) The Official Solicitor (3) v Briggs [2017] EWCA Civ 1169, 31 July 2017, President of the Queen’s Bench Division (Sir Brian Leveson), Lady Justice King and Lord Justice
Court of Protection | Wednesday 31 May 2017
Deprivation of liberty safeguards: the supervisory body is responsible for monitoring compliance with conditions
W [2016] EWCOP 58, DJ Ralton, 14 April 2016
