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P v Griffith [2020] EWCOP 46

7/10/2020

 
Application by the P acting through her litigation friend the Official Solicitor for an order committing a relative of the P, Ms Griffith, to prison for contempt arising out of her alleged interference with the due administration of justice. Ms Griffith was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.

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ND (Court of Protection: Costs and Declarations) [2020] EWCOP 42

6/10/2020

 
The OS was seeking declarations that the LA had failed in its duties under the Children Act 1989 and the Care Act 2014 in respect of the P.  The declarations were made and costs were awarded against the LA.

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Cumbria County Council v A [2020] EWCOP 38

24/7/2020

 
​​Where a deputy wishes to discontinue in the role, an application must be made to the court. 

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Various applications concerning foreign representative powers, Re [2019 EWCOP 52

14/11/2019

 
​​These 5 applications were asking the court to make orders to give effect in England and Wales to representative powers originating in a foreign jurisdiction.

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JDO (authorisation of deprivation of liberty) [2019] EWCOP 47

24/10/2019

 
Application which had been made under the streamlined procedure set out in Part 2 of Practice Direction 11A for authorisation of deprivation of liberty was not the correct procedure in this case.

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SE (Serious Medical Treatment) [2018] EWCOP 45

12/8/2019

 
Application by the Trust for permission to amputate the P's leg was granted.

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Royal Borough Of Greenwich v CDM [2019] EWCOP 32

1/8/2019

 
The court had to decide whether the assessment of capacity to make decisions about diabetic management is one macro-decision which encompasses all of the many micro-decisions that the P is required to make when managing her diabetes, or, whether the P's capacity should be assessed in respect of each micro-decision or group of micro-decisions.
The P is a 64-year-old woman with a personality disorder with components of different types and has an emotionally unstable paranoid histrionic and dependant personality disorder. She also suffers from a number of physical health conditions, including hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and unstable diabetes, which has led for instance to her having a below-the-knee amputation. Generally, she is compliant in the administration of the insulin, but not compliant in relation to other forms of medication. The management of her healthcare has been increasingly very difficult. Over four days in June 2018, Cohen J heard several applications concerning the P, concerning her capacity to make decisions about her residence and care. There are occasions when the P has the capacity to make micro-decisions in respect of her diabetes and occasions when she does not, i.e. that her capacity fluctuates. This hearing was to determine whether, when deciding if the P has the capacity to manage her diabetes, this is to be considered as one macro-decision, a series of micro-decisions which need to be made on a regular ongoing basis, or as a group of decisions.

The court approached the matter on the basis of the experts' conclusions, logically, legally and practically, and concluded that it was a macro-decision, and the P lacked capacity to take the macro-decision. The issue of fluctuating capacity, therefore, simply did not arise.

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London Borough of Tower Hamlets v NB (consent to sex) [2019] EWCOP 27

19/7/2019

 
The P suffers from what is referred to as 'general global learning difficulty' and 'an impairment' in relation to her facility to communicate with others. She has been, at least historically, assisted by using the Makaton sign language. Her sentences are limited. She has been married to her husband for nearly 30 years and they have a 20 year old daughter. The question before the court was whether or not she had capacity to consent to sexual relations.

The judgment is important in that the question of whether the test for capacity to consent to sexual relationships is general and issue specific, rather than person or event specific was discussed in detail.

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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust v CD [2019] EWCOP 24

11/7/2019

 
​Application by NHS Trust for the court to make an anticipatory and contingent declaration in the event that the pregnant P became incapacitated. The application was granted.

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BP v The London Borough of Harrow (Costs) [2019] EWCOP 20

17/6/2019

 
Application in respect of costs within proceedings brought under Section 21A of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 was dismissed.

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