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Court sets out approach to addressing questions of capacity in deprivation of liberty cases
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- November 5 2012
The recent Court of Protection judgment in the case of CC v KK and STCC is a very useful and detailed analysis of the approach to be taken when addressing capacity issues
Court rules boy's life support to be switched off against parents’ wishes
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- September 17 2012
In a recent High Court case, the judge was presented with the conflicting wishes of a gravely ill boy’s parents and the view of the medical team treating him
High Court ruling on end of life case for an infant
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- September 17 2012
Mr Justice Hedley recently heard the matter of NHS Trust v Baby X and others and handed down judgment on 30 July 2012
Removal of baby from mother breached human rights
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- September 17 2012
In CA (A baby) Re 2012, a local authority relied on section 20 of the Children Act 1989 to remove a newborn child from her mother, M, who was assessed as having no parenting instincts
Steven Neary to receive £35,000 in damages
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- September 17 2012
Readers will be aware of the highly publicised case of London Borough of Hillingdon v Neary, where the Court of Protection determined that the council had breached the human rights of an autistic man and unlawfully deprived him of his liberty
Nicklinson and AM High Court decision on euthanasia and assisted suicide cases
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- August 17 2012
The High Court handed down judgment on 16 August 2012 in relation to the highly publicised cases of Tony Nicklinson and “Martin” (his real identify has been anonymised
Permission granted for appeal against decision that patient wasn’t deprived of his liberty
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- August 7 2012
Readers who work within the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) jurisdiction under the Mental Capacity Act will be aware of the significant judgment handed down from the Court of Appeal last year of Cheshire West and Chester Council v P and the Mills & Reeve briefing on the case
Court rules that Official Solicitor should be awarded half his costs against NHS trust in Court of Protection case
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- August 7 2012
Readers who have been involved in Court of Protection proceedings will be aware that the issue of the Official Solicitor's costs have been contentious
Court orders that patient can be restrained to undergo lifesaving dialysis against his wishes
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- July 11 2012
A trust, which cannot be named for legal reasons, has applied to the Court of Protection for permission to restrain a patient in order to perform life saving dialysis
Court decides anorexic woman should be force fed
- Mills & Reeve LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- July 11 2012
In the case of A Local Authority v E (2012), the Court of Protection decided that E, a 32-year-old anorexic woman, should be force-fed
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