Injunction against a mother: ‘Biting the bullet’

By Avaia Williams, 8th March 2023 The person at the centre of this case (DS), a man in his early thirties, has been living in an acute hospital ward for over 14 months. That’s not due to a difficult-to-treat medical condition, or to a detention considered necessary under the Mental Health Act 1983 or aContinue reading “Injunction against a mother: ‘Biting the bullet’”

“Abusive” wife agrees to move out of “the matrimonial home” with continuing (albeit restricted) contact with P: An agreed order

By Bridget Penhale, 28th June 2022 After reading previous OJCOP blogs on the circumstances of this case (the most recent is here, and there are two earlier ones) I was keen to attend this hearing (COP 13861341 before Mr. Justice Francis) on Monday 27th June. It concerns a protected party (P) who has dementia and Parkinson’s Disease.   According to theContinue reading ““Abusive” wife agrees to move out of “the matrimonial home” with continuing (albeit restricted) contact with P: An agreed order”