By Daniel Clark, 19th October 2025 Note: On 20-22 October 2025, the UK Supreme Court will be asked to re-visit the question of how to understand a deprivation of liberty. This is the fifth in our series of blogs about the case. The others are:Reconsidering Cheshire West in the Supreme Court: Is a gilded cage still a cage? byContinue reading "Cheshire West returns to the Supreme Court: The position of the parties"| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
The Court of Appeal was (again) displaying to others who might be tempted to flout court orders that it would not hesitate to exact punishment.| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
She went to Somalia to be with her grandmother, and she returned to the UK in July 2025. When she arrived at hospital the following month, having had a fall, clinicians realised she was eight months pregnant.| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
By Daniel Cloake, 23rd September 2025 Editorial note: Judgment in this case has now been published: Re Carl Gardner, Deceased (Duration of Transparency Order). This blog is reprinted, with permissi…| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
None of us would want our loved ones to be placed (like AB’s fiancee) in the position of having to defend the authenticity of our written documents after we’ve lost capacity. We want to prod…| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
SJ Hilder’s view was that it would be wrong for planned surgery to be delayed while legal framework issues were resolved. The judge ran this hearing with clinical precision, setting out clearly wh…| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
By Daniel Clark, 27th August 2025 This case concerns a young man with a hypoxic brain injury arising from a cardiac arrest. He is a drug user and a victim of cuckooing, (which is when a person’s dw…| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
