| Apr 23 | Neath Port Talbot Country Borough Council v CK & Ors [2025] EWCOP 4... Judgment concerning habitual residence and best interests where CK had lived in Spain but, now diagnosed with vascular dementia, is in a care home in England. CK had lived in Spain for 35 years but had a stroke in 2018 and his health deteriorated.... |
| Apr 7 | Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust v AS... Application by the NHS Trust for a declaration that it was lawful and in AS's best interests to continue risk feeding but with no insertion of an NG tube/PEG and to take a palliative care approach. On or around 5 September 2025, AS sustaine... |
| Apr 7 | PX (Contested final hearing), Re [2025] EWCOP 58 Contact and residential orders made in respect of PX whose mother MX had made unsubstantiated claims of sexual and physical abuse against the father FX. PX is 18 years old. She has been diagnosed with Downs Syndrome, Hirschsprung's Disease ... |
| Apr 7 | HDEB, Re [2026] EWCOP 12 Application by HDEB's parents, JB and SB, to be appointed as joint and several deputies for personal welfare ("PWDs"). Application refused but permission to appeal was granted. HDEB is a 22-year-old man. He was diagnosed with autism, attent... |
| Apr 2 | Nottinghamshire County Council v JW & Anor [2026] EWCOP 13 (T2) Reasons given in a case concerning capacity where JW, a 57 year old woman, may be coercively controlled by her husband, SW. The proceedings have a long history but the contentious point decided here was whether SW's behaviour towards JW and her re... |
| Mar 27 | XY, In the Matter Of [2025] EWCOP 55 (T2) Judgment concerning whether the authority of appointed welfare deputies to decide whether XY should take part in particular leisure or social activities stretched to decisions about his internet and social media use. XY is a 29 years old man with ... |