‘A man in a vegetative state should not be resuscitated if his condition deteriorates, a High Court judge has ruled.’
The Independent, 4th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Reports of a C-section being forcibly carried out on a woman that came to light in the mainstream press this past weekend have quickly made international news.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A young woman with learning difficulties was “deliberately targeted” for a sham marriage to bolster a man’s immigration case, a High Court judge has ruled.’
The Independent, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Journalist Christopher Booker reported in Saturday’s Telegraph that an Italian woman was forced by Essex County Council social services to have a cesarean section, and then had her baby taken away from her – all sanctioned by the Court of Protection.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A sex offender should be jailed for allegedly defying the orders of a court to stay away from a former girlfriend who has a learning disability, a judge was told yesterday.’
The Independent, 29th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Local Authority v SY [2013] EWHC 3485 COP (12 November 2013].
A judge in the Court of Protection has ruled that a man who had “exploited and took advantage” of a young woman for the purpose of seeking to bolster his immigration appeal had engaged in an invalid marriage ceremony.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th November 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Opening up the Family courts: Transparency in the Family court and the Court of Protection – speech by the President of the Family Division and President of the Court of Protection on 11/11/2013.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th November 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Court of Protection will hear Liverpool family’s lawyers argue that Qur’an calls for life to be preserved at all costs.”
The Guardian, 9th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Protection could be opened up to the public and media in the future, one of the country’s most senior judges said.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Our consultation paper ‘Transforming the Services of the Office of the Public Guardian’, published on 27 July 2012, invited comments on a range of issues related to the Office of the Public Guardian’s (OPG) aspiration to deliver its services digitally by default. In our response, published in January 2013, we set out the changes that we would complete by April 2013. This included reducing the statutory waiting period for registering a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) form from six weeks to four weeks and amending the regulations to allow court appointed deputies to change bond provider without the need to apply to the Court of Protection. However, other changes required further policy development or were dependant on the OPG replacement IT system being in place in 2014.”
Ministry of Justice, 15th October 2013
Source: www.consult.justice.gov.uk
“A High Court Judge has hit out at the ‘astonishing’ cost of a six year legal battle in the Court of Protection which ended today after all parties agreed a woman should stay in care.”
The Independent, 11th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A leading judge has called for more cases in the Court of Protection to be made public.”
The Independent, 19th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tens of thousands of vulnerable people are being detained unlawfully due to the complexity of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), lawyers have told a House of Lords committee.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A man with learning difficulties could become the first in the country to have a vasectomy on the orders of a judge in a case lawyers insist is ‘not covered by a shadow of eugenics’.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A local authority has won the right to sell off family heirlooms, including a £30,000 Lucien Pissarro painting, to pay for an elderly man’s care bills.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Court of Protection is facing fresh questions about transparency, as The Independent reveals that its judges are making life-or-death decisions over the phone, with incomplete evidence, in proceedings that are not always recorded.”
The Independent, 24th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Sir Mark Hedley decided that the public should know about the judiciary’s highly sensitive rulings. He tells Emily Dugan why.”
The Independent, 16th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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