Tag Archives: capacity to litigate

Strongly held beliefs do not equate to lack of litigation capacity: Judgment concerning Luba Macpherson’s appeal against committal to prison

By Amanda Hill, 24th June 2024 “But in America, in my home, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now.” (Bruce Springsteen, during his concert at Lille, Saturday 24 May 2025[1]) As well as saying people are persecuted for using their right to freeContinue reading “Strongly held beliefs do not equate to lack of litigation capacity: Judgment concerning Luba Macpherson’s appeal against committal to prison”

‘The baby has to come out’: Court-authorised caesarean when subject-matter and litigation capacity are disputed

By Ruby Reed-Berendt, 3rd March 2023 Editorial update: The woman in this case has more recently (in October 2023) been the applicant in a case before the Family Division of the High Court, concerning vaccination of her baby son, now 9-month-old, and in the care of the local authority under an interim care order. She asked theContinue reading “‘The baby has to come out’: Court-authorised caesarean when subject-matter and litigation capacity are disputed”

Capacity to litigate: A young woman with anorexia nervosa

By Celia Kitzinger, 28th February 2023 UPDATE: There are three published judgments here: Z NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v Patricia & Ors; In the Matter of Patricia; Re Patricia The white leopard – also known as the ‘snow leopard’ – is rare and elusive. There are no more than six or seven thousand left in theContinue reading “Capacity to litigate: A young woman with anorexia nervosa”