Sometimes it’s impossible to report meaningfully on a case without conveying information that makes it “likely” that the person at the centre of the case can be identified.
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“I am fearful for my daughter’s life”: Serious medical treatment in a contentious case
By Celia Kitzinger, 23rd August 2022 Note: At the time this blog post was written there was a transparency order preventing us from publicising anything that identifies or is likely to identify the protected party and the parents. These reporting restrictions have been subsequently varied to permit us to name Laura Wareham as the protectedContinue reading ““I am fearful for my daughter’s life”: Serious medical treatment in a contentious case”
Anorexia and refusing nutrition: An observer’s perspective on A Mental Health Trust v BG
By Charlotte Buck, 4th August 2022 This case concerned Anorexia and the refusal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) – another sad case brought before the Court of Protection for which the circumstances are all too familiar. I have always been interested in complex medical-ethical cases and, having volunteered on hospital wards for six weeks myself,Continue reading “Anorexia and refusing nutrition: An observer’s perspective on A Mental Health Trust v BG”
Delay in a Section 21A Challenge to the Capacity Requirement
One obviously concerning aspect of this case is that Mr B’s (possibly unlawful) deprivation of liberty has been going on for a long time. I’m not sure when he moved into the care home, or at what point he started objecting to living there, but proceedings challenging his detention began more than a year ago, in January 2020.
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 