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Sunderland City Council v Macpherson [2023] EWCOP 3

26/1/2023

 
Contempt of court hearing arising from the defendant’s breaches of orders relating to contact with her daughter, FP, who is living in a placement having been diagnosed with schizophrenia, a diagnosis the mother does not agree with. The judgment also deals with press reporting of the proceedings.

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Hinduja & Hinduja [2022] ECWCA Civ 1492, [2022] EWCOP 36 & [2022] EWCOP 37

23/11/2022

 
Three judgments relating to proceedings involving the care of a very wealthy individual nearing the end of life and interaction with other proceedings and reporting restrictions.

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Re A (Covert Medication: Closed Proceedings [2022] EWCOP 44

23/10/2022

 
Judgment concerning best interests of A and whether she should receive covert medical treatment and reporting of proceedings where there had been closed and open hearings. 

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Re G (Court of Protection: Injunction) [2022] EWCA Civ 1312

14/10/2022

 
Court of Appeal judgment concerning the legal test to be applied by the Court of Protection when considering an injunction.

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EM, Re [2022] EWCOP 31

3/8/2022

 
Judgment from Mostyn J clarifying points around participation of P, anonymity and the correctness of the standard transparency order.

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LF v A NHS Trust & Ors [2022] EWCOP 8

13/3/2022

 
Application by father of G, his adult daughter, to discharge reporting restrictions in proceedings relating to where she should be cared for when she is discharged from her current placement in a children’s hospital (see also G, Re [2021] EWCOP 69)

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Kent County Council v P & Anor [2022] EWCOP 3

11/2/2022

 
Judgment concerning whether the public should be admitted to the Court of Protection proceedings concerning P and whether this judgment should be published.

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BU, Re [2021] EWCOP 54

2/10/2021

 
Application by a daughter (WU), as representative for other family members, seeking orders that their mother (BU) lacks capacity to make decisions about her contact, restricting contact with another man and for a forced marriage protection order to be put in place.

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Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust v AB & Ors [2019] EWCOP 10

25/3/2019

 
Application to prevent publication of a video of a patient, P, in her treating hospital. The application was granted.

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V (Out of Hours: Reporting Restriction Order) (Rev 1) [2015] EWCOP 83

9/12/2015

 
​This judgment relates to the reasons of Theis J for granting a time limited extension for a reporting restriction order (‘RRO’). 

The application was made out of hours on 2nd December 2015, concluding just before 10pm.

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