Judgment concerning the administering of covert medication on the P who was subject to a DOLS standard authorisation. The judgment includes some really useful guidance on the involvement of the family and the health professionals in the best interests assessment and the need for regular reviews where covert medication is being administered.
Read the full text of the judgment on Bailii Appeal by the OS against a decision that the father of the P, who would be entitled to half of the P's substantial estate if P died intestate, need not be served with an application for a statutory will (which would have the effect that the father would be disinherited if it was executed). The appeal was allowed.
Read the full text of the judgment on Bailii Daughter's application for the continuation of a RRO after her mother (who was in a minimally conscious state) died following the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment by means of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration. The application was refused, the judge saying that "the balance here weighs more heavily in favour of freedom of expression".
Read the full text of the judgment on Bailii |
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