By Hita Jadeja, 7th March 2024 I am a solicitor with a background in commercial dispute resolution and inhouse advisory work. I have developed a strong interest in the field of health and social care law, mental capacity and mental health law. My background in litigation is useful, but health and social care law, mental capacityContinue reading “Life-Sustaining Treatment applications: Hayden J confirms guidance in Re EUP”
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Tampering with equipment or failings in care? A fact-finding hearing (Part 2)
By Amanda Hill (Anna), Pippa Arnold, John Harper, Gail Heslop, Ellen Lefley, Celia Kitzinger, Claire Martin, Tess Saunders and Ann Wilson (co-ordinated and curated with an introduction by Celia Kitzinger), 25 October 2023 Introductory Editorial Note This is the second collective blog post about a fact-finding hearing before Mr Justice Hayden, observed (in part) by more than 30Continue reading “Tampering with equipment or failings in care? A fact-finding hearing (Part 2)”
Tampering with equipment or failings in care? A fact-finding hearing (Part 1)
By Deborah Airey, Amanda Hill (Anna), Jordan Briggs, Nikki Bowsley, Febienne Green, John Harper, Daisy Long, Gill Loomes-Quinn, Claire Martin and Tom McBride (co-ordinated and curated with an introduction by Celia Kitzinger), 18 October 2023 Note: This blog post was ready to publish on 24 July 2023 but publication has been delayed until today because weContinue reading “Tampering with equipment or failings in care? A fact-finding hearing (Part 1)”
Prolonging life or protracting death? An end-of-life decision by Hayden J
By Zach Moss and Jemma Woodley, 1st September 2023 At a hearing in the Royal Courts of Justice on 22nd-23rd August 2023, Mr Justice Hayden made the decision to withdraw treatment (dialysis and clinically assisted nutrition and hydration) from a man in his fifties who was in a coma following a stroke. There is, as yet,Continue reading “Prolonging life or protracting death? An end-of-life decision by Hayden J”
Withdrawing treatment from a pastor in a coma: Balancing religious beliefs and medical realities
By Rhiannon Snaith, 30th August 2023 An evangelical preacher in his fifties (KT) had a stroke in February 2022. He underwent emergency surgery but has sustained significant brain damage and never regained consciousness. He is currently in hospital, in a coma and also has end-stage kidney failure and Type 2 diabetes. The Trust was seekingContinue reading “Withdrawing treatment from a pastor in a coma: Balancing religious beliefs and medical realities”
Adjournment and interim judgment – Hayden J’s fact-finding hearing
By Celia Kitzinger, 4 August 2023 Editorial note: For background information about this case click on the titles of these two blog posts: (1) : “Fact-finding hearing: Little short of outright war” (which has links to previous judgments) and (2) “A judicial embargo and our decision to postpone“. Note that we will now delay publication of our multi-authored blogs aboutContinue reading “Adjournment and interim judgment – Hayden J’s fact-finding hearing”
A judicial embargo and our decision to postpone
By Celia Kitzinger, 27 July 2023 More than sixty people have asked for the link to observe Mr Justice Hayden’s ‘fact finding’ hearing (COP 12975950) over the last two weeks, and I’ve published a purely factual report about the issues before the court here: Fact-finding hearing: “Little short of outright war“. As I said inContinue reading “A judicial embargo and our decision to postpone”
Fact-finding hearing: “Little short of outright war”
By Celia Kitzinger, 24th July 2023 Update: This hearing was adjourned due to illness of Lead Counsel for the Applicant on Monday 31st July 2023. The hearing will continue on the next available court dates: 6th October and 9th October 2023. The father will finish giving evidence (he was part way through being cross-examined) andContinue reading “Fact-finding hearing: “Little short of outright war””
The logic, law and language of Lasting Power of Attorney: A case before Hayden J
By Clare Fuller, 12 July 2023 Advance Care Planning is something I care passionately about. As a nurse specialising in Palliative and End of Life Care I have seen first-hand and too often what can happen if appropriate plans are not in place. Advance Care Planning means thinking ahead, not waiting for a crisis andContinue reading “The logic, law and language of Lasting Power of Attorney: A case before Hayden J”
On not authorising restraint for bowel surgery
Physically restraining someone against their will to have general anaesthesia for a serious operation is something that most of us instinctively recoil from, and for good reason – namely, that it is the repression of an individual liberty and it is disrespectful to individual autonomy.
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 