| Jun 30 | Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v AX [2025] EWCOP 21 ... Application that AX, who is 38 weeks pregnant, lacks capacity and it is in her best interests to undergo a C-section. AX has gestational diabetes and had suffered periods of depression such that she was sectioned in May 2025, though she was consid... |
| Jun 27 | AB, Re (ADRT: Validity and Applicability) [2025] EWCOP 20 (T3) Judgment concerning the validity of an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) AB suffered brain damage following a heart attack and was now suffering a Prolonged Disorder of Consciousness and receiving CANH to keep him alive. He had apparentl... |
| Jun 20 | Fixed costs and remuneration of professional deputies: OPG issues n... The OPG has released new guidance on a number of issues related to fixed costs that may be charged by professional and public authority deputies in line with Practice Direction 19B.The guidance sets out some general principles regarding fixed... |
| Jun 5 | Macpherson v Sunderland City Council [2025] EWCOP 18 (T3) Judgment concerning whether Ms Macpherson has capacity to conduct an appeal and had capacity during contempt proceedings This hearing followed a decision of the Court of Appeal in MacPherson v Sunderland City Council [2024] EWCA Civ 1579 which led... |
| May 16 | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v PK & Ano... Application for declaration that it is not in PK's best interests to receive clinically assisted nutrition and hydration. PK is 73 years old and devout Muslim. In 2019 he was diagnosed with dementia and since then he has been progressively weakene... |
| May 9 | Argyll and Bute Council v RF [2025] EWCOP 12 (T3) Application for recognition and enforcement of Scottish Guardianship order RF is 64 years old and lacked capacity to make decisions about his residence and care and support. In March 2021 a guardianship order for three years was made expiring in J... |