MHAandMCA website - case law
When Dave Sheppard retired in 2020 he kindly gave me a copy of his "MHAandMCA" subscription website. It is a treasure trove of information, and the plan is to archive it publicly on MHLO. I haven't been able to do that yet, but here is a list of the cases listed on that website. The more recent cases should all be on MHLO already, but if you would like further details of any older cases then please do not hesitate to contact me (see the About page for contact details).
Civil / Part 2
PB v Priory Group Ltd, Settlement date 10th May 2018
Peter Gaisiance v (1) Ministry of Justice and others, High Court, 4th July 2018
Dorset NHS Primary Care Trust and Ors v Coombs, Court of Appeal, 30th April 2013
DD v Durham County Council and Middlesbrough City Council, Court of Appeal, 19th February 2013
DD v Durham County Council and Middlesbrough City Council, High Court, 24th April 2012
S v South West London and St George's NHS Mental Health Trust, High Court, 1st April 2011
Christina Kopernik-Steckel v The South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, Out of Court Settlement, 1st November 2001
Community Treatment Orders - Case law
Birmingham City Council v SR; Lancashire County Council v JTA, Court of Protection, 17th July 2019
No details, Court of Protection, 5th July 2019
Welsh Ministers (Respondent) v PJ (Appellant), Supreme Court, 17th December 2018
LW v Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust and Associated Cases, Upper Tribunal, 29th November 2018
AB and RC, Court of Protection, July 2018
The Secretary of State for Justice v MM: Welsh Ministers v PJ, Court of Appeal, 29th March 2017
SL v Ludlow Street Healthcare, Upper Tribunal, 16th July 2015
Lee Bostridge v Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Court of Appeal, 10th February 2015
London Borough of Islington v QR, Court of Protection, 5th August 2014
GA v Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB, Upper Tribunal, 12th June 2013
SH v Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 6th August 2012
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust v H-JH, Upper Tribunal, 14th June 2012
PS v Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 30th March 2011
MP v Mersey Care NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 15th March 2011
AA v Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 1st October 2009
Conditional discharge - Case Law
Birmingham City Council v SR; Lancashire County Council v JTA, Court of Protection, 17th July 2019
Hertfordshire County Council v AB; AB (Inherent Jurisdiction - Deprivation of Liberty), High Court - Family Division, 14th December 2018
The Secretary of State for Justice v MM: Welsh Ministers v PJ, Supreme Court, 28th November 2018
Lee-Hirons v Secretary of State for Justice, Supreme Court, 27th July 2016
RP v Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 26th April 2016
C, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice, Supreme Court, 27th January 2016
SSJ v KC, Upper Tribunal, 2nd July 2015
R (Wiltshire Council) v Hertfordshire County Council, Court of Appeal, 22nd May 2014
DL-H v Partnerships in Care and the Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 4th October 2013
AM v West London MH NHS Trust, Court of Appeal, 10th July 2013
Secretary of State for Justice v SB, Upper Tribunal, 5th July 2013
RC v NHS Islington and Others, Upper Tribunal, 2nd April 2013
AC v Partnerships in Care Ltd and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 4th December 2012
DC v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 22nd March 2012
Secretary of State for Justice v RB, Court of Appeal, 20th December 2011
MB v BEH MH NHST & Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 12th August 2011
JP v Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust and Others, Upper Tribunal, 30th July 2011
Re MW; LB Hammersmith and Fulham v MW, Court of Protection, 29th July 2011
Re T (A child: murdered parent), Family Division, 8th March 2011
JLG v Managers of Llanarth Court and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 9th February 2011
RH v South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Secretary of State for Justice, Court of Appeal, 12th November 2010
LC v DHIH, Upper Tribunal, 3rd September 2010
BB v South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, & Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 7th August 2009
R v South Region MHRT, ex parte B, Administrative Court, 13th August 2008
IT v Secretary of State for Justice, Queens Bench, 18th July 2008
Secretary of State for Justice v Daniel Rayner, Court of Appeal, 12th March 2008
MM (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Court of Appeal, 6th July 2007
R (on the application of AI) v Southern Region MHRT, Court of Appeal, 19th April 2007
R (on the application of SH) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Queen's Bench Division, 3rd April 2007
OS (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Administrative Court, 24th July 2006
R (on the application of Secretary of State) v Mental Health Review Tribunal & BR, Court of Appeal, 21st December 2005
R (East London and City Mental Health NHS Trust) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 26th August 2005
B v Camden London Borough Council; Camden & Islington Mental Health & Social Care Trust, Administrative Court, 5th July 2005
Kolanis v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, 21st June 2005
R (on the application of SC) v The Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 17th January 2005
R (on the application of Secretary of State for the Home Department) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th October 2004
R (on the application of G) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th October 2004
R (on the application of A) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 23rd July 2004
W v Doncaster MBC, Court of Appeal, 6th May 2004
Secretary of State for the Home Department (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th April 2004
Secretary of State for the Home Department (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 10th March 2004
Li (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 22nd January 2004
IH (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another, House of Lords, 13th November 2003
Home Secretary (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal; PG as Interested Party, Administrative Court, 31st July 2002
R v Camden & Islington Health Authority ex parte K, Court of Appeal, 21st February 2001
R v North East Thames Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Fritz Brown, Queen's Bench Division, 13th June 2000
R v Anglia and Oxfordshire Mental Health Review Tribunal ex p. Hagan, Court of Appeal, 20th December 1999
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal and others ex parte Russell Hall, Queen's Bench Division, 23rd April 1999
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal for the South Thames Region ex parte Smith (Anthony David), Queen's Bench Division, 4th August 1998
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Harry, Queen's Bench Division, 8th April 1998
Johnson v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 24th October 1997
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Booth, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd September 1997
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal for Merseyside, ex parte Patrick Kelly, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd April 1997
R v Cannons Park Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Martins, Queen's Bench Division, 7th June 1995
Campbell, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department), House of Lords, 29th July 1987
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department, Queen's Bench Division, 13th March 1987
Conditional discharge - Case Law
Birmingham City Council v SR; Lancashire County Council v JTA, Court of Protection, 17th July 2019
Hertfordshire County Council v AB; AB (Inherent Jurisdiction - Deprivation of Liberty), High Court - Family Division, 14th December 2018
The Secretary of State for Justice v MM: Welsh Ministers v PJ, Supreme Court, 28th November 2018
Lee-Hirons v Secretary of State for Justice, Supreme Court, 27th July 2016
RP v Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 26th April 2016
C, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice, Supreme Court, 27th January 2016
SSJ v KC, Upper Tribunal, 2nd July 2015
R (Wiltshire Council) v Hertfordshire County Council, Court of Appeal, 22nd May 2014
DL-H v Partnerships in Care and the Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 4th October 2013
AM v West London MH NHS Trust, Court of Appeal, 10th July 2013
Secretary of State for Justice v SB, Upper Tribunal, 5th July 2013
RC v NHS Islington and Others, Upper Tribunal, 2nd April 2013
AC v Partnerships in Care Ltd and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 4th December 2012
DC v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 22nd March 2012
Secretary of State for Justice v RB, Court of Appeal, 20th December 2011
MB v BEH MH NHST & Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 12th August 2011
JP v Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust and Others, Upper Tribunal, 30th July 2011
Re MW; LB Hammersmith and Fulham v MW, Court of Protection, 29th July 2011
Re T (A child: murdered parent), Family Division, 8th March 2011
JLG v Managers of Llanarth Court and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 9th February 2011
RH v South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Secretary of State for Justice, Court of Appeal, 12th November 2010
LC v DHIH, Upper Tribunal, 3rd September 2010
BB v South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, & Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 7th August 2009
R v South Region MHRT, ex parte B, Administrative Court, 13th August 2008
IT v Secretary of State for Justice, Queens Bench, 18th July 2008
Secretary of State for Justice v Daniel Rayner, Court of Appeal, 12th March 2008
MM (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Court of Appeal, 6th July 2007
R (on the application of AI) v Southern Region MHRT, Court of Appeal, 19th April 2007
R (on the application of SH) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Queen's Bench Division, 3rd April 2007
OS (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Administrative Court, 24th July 2006
R (on the application of Secretary of State) v Mental Health Review Tribunal & BR, Court of Appeal, 21st December 2005
R (East London and City Mental Health NHS Trust) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 26th August 2005
B v Camden London Borough Council; Camden & Islington Mental Health & Social Care Trust, Administrative Court, 5th July 2005
Kolanis v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, 21st June 2005
R (on the application of SC) v The Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 17th January 2005
R (on the application of Secretary of State for the Home Department) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th October 2004
R (on the application of G) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th October 2004
R (on the application of A) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 23rd July 2004
W v Doncaster MBC, Court of Appeal, 6th May 2004
Secretary of State for the Home Department (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th April 2004
Secretary of State for the Home Department (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 10th March 2004
Li (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 22nd January 2004
IH (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another, House of Lords, 13th November 2003
Home Secretary (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal; PG as Interested Party, Administrative Court, 31st July 2002
R v Camden & Islington Health Authority ex parte K, Court of Appeal, 21st February 2001
R v North East Thames Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Fritz Brown, Queen's Bench Division, 13th June 2000
R v Anglia and Oxfordshire Mental Health Review Tribunal ex p. Hagan, Court of Appeal, 20th December 1999
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal and others ex parte Russell Hall, Queen's Bench Division, 23rd April 1999
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal for the South Thames Region ex parte Smith (Anthony David), Queen's Bench Division, 4th August 1998
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Harry, Queen's Bench Division, 8th April 1998
Johnson v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 24th October 1997
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Booth, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd September 1997
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal for Merseyside, ex parte Patrick Kelly, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd April 1997
R v Cannons Park Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Martins, Queen's Bench Division, 7th June 1995
Campbell, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department), House of Lords, 29th July 1987
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department, Queen's Bench Division, 13th March 1987
Forensic / Part 3
R v PS, R v Abdi Dahir, R v CF, Court of Appeal, 20th December 2019
RÂ v Leon Marcus Arthur Brooks, Court of Appeal, 7th November 2019
R v Aman Yuel (aka Samuel Berhe), Court of Appeal, 4th October 2019
R v AD, Court of Appeal, 26th July 2019
R v Alfred Michael Roberts, Court of Appeal, 17th July 2019
R v Fisher, Court of Appeal, 13th June 2019
R v Michael Paul Rendell, Court of Appeal, 12th April 2019
R v Jordan Shepard, Court of Appeal, 19th October 2018
Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, Court of Appeal, 3rd August 2018
R v Taj (Simon), Court of Appeal, 24th July 2018
Christopher John Thompson v R; Tajsham Cummings v R; Oscar Fitzgerald v R; Richard Ford v R, Court of Appeal, 27th March 2018
R v Edwards, R v Knapper, R v Payne, R v Langley, Court of Appeal, 27th March 2018
Man who killed three partners gets harsher sentence on appeal, The Guardian, 8th March 2018
R v Colin Blake, Court of Appeal, 6th March 2018
R v Mehmet Bala, Court of Appeal, 6th October 2017
KE (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Court of Appeal, 19th September 2017
Kitchener v R, Court of Appeal, 7th July 2017
R v Kay; R v Joyce, Court of Appeal, 23rd May 2017
YZ, R (On the Application of) v Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust & Anor, Court of Appeal, 29th March 2017
R (on the application of ASK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & NHS England, High Court, 9th February 2017
R v Jason John Conroy, Court of Appeal, 1st February 2017
R v Christopher Templeman, Court of Appeal, 27th January 2017
News organisations win Court of Appeal ruling forcing release of video footage shown at trial, Press Gazette, 24th January 2017
Holloway v R, Court of Appeal, 20th December 2016
Fuller v R, Court of Appeal, 14th December 2016
R v Golds, Supreme Court, 30th November 2016
R v Luke Byron Footman, Court of Appeal, 15th July 2016
R v Helen Smalley Court of Appeal, 8th July 2016
R v Patrick Neale Orr, Court of Appeal, 7th July 2016
R v Ahmed, Court of Appeal, 9th June 2016
The City and County of Swansea v Swansea Crown Court & Anor, High Court, 9th June 2016
Prisoner who threw boiling water at nurse sentenced to 11 years jail, Attorney General's Office, 27th April 2016
R v Roberts & others, Court of Appeal, 18th March 2016
R v Siddiqua Akhtar, Court of Appeal, 4th March 2016
Marcantonio and Chitolie v R, Court of Appeal, 24th February 2016
VC, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, High Court, 16th February 2016
R v Lee James Aitchison, Court of Appeal, 4th February 2016
C, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice, Supreme Court, 27th January 2016
Dyer, R (on the application of) v The Welsh Ministers & Ors, Administrative Court in Wales, 21st December 2015
Appeal Court lifts restriction on knife threats man, News & Star, 10th December 2015
R v Brown, Court of Appeal, 18th November 2015
Grimsby robber who lay in wait for elderly victim has appeal thrown out by judges, Grimsby Telegraph, 11th November 2015
R v James Covington, Court of Appeal, 29th September 2015
Bell v R, Court of Appeal, 27th August 2015
R v Sean Hackett, Court of Appeal, 14th September 2015
R v Jason Shaw, Court of Appeal, 29th July 2015
R v Geoffrey Lederman, Court of Appeal, 23rd July 2015
R v Stefan Martens, Court of Appeal, 21st July 2015
R v Jennifer Turner, Court of Appeal, 17th July 2015
R v Gregory Smith, Court of Appeal, 10th July 2015
DD v Secretary of State for the Home Department, High Court, 19th June 2015
R v Fausto Graciano, Court of Appeal, 1st April 2015
R v Darren Marshall, Court of Appeal, 27th February 2015
Lucinda Vowles, R (on the application of ) v (1) Secretary of State for Justice (2) Parole Board, Court of Appeal, 5th February 2015
Regina v Chinegwundoh, Court of Appeal, 20th January 2015
R v Wells, R v Masud, R v Hone, R v Kail, Court of Appeal , 20th January 2015
AMG, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State, High Court, 8th January 2015
Attorney General's Reference (No. 91 of 2014): R v Joseph Williams, Court of Appeal, 26th November 2014
R v Jade Louise Daniels, Court of Appeal, 8th October 2014
R v Matthew Poole, Court of Appeal, 22nd July 2014
R (M) v Kingston Crown Court; M v Wells Unit, West London Mental Health Trust, Administrative Court, 17th July 2014
Killer pensioner 'likely to die in prison, 10th July 2014
R v Peter Quirk, Court of Appeal, 7th May 2014
R (L) v West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Court of Appeal, 29th January 2014
R v Jamie Daniel Fort, Court of Appeal, 13th December 2013
R v Darren Gabriel Anderson, Court of Appeal, 13th November 2013
R v Nicola Edgington, Court of Appeal, 8th November 2013
R v Ian Ruby, Court of Appeal, 20th September 2013
R v Ricardo Talarico, Court of Appeal, 14th August 2013
R v Davis, Court of Appeal, 7th June 2013
R v AJR, Court of Appeal, 1st May 2013
R v Cameron Lee McFly, Court of Appeal, 25th April 2013
R v Lee Robert Foye, Court of Appeal, 24th April 2013
R v Ioannis Marinos, Court of Appeal, 22nd March 2013
Daniel Roque Hall v University College London Trust, High Court, 8th February 2013
T v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and JB v Secretary of State for Justice, Court of Appeal, 29th January 2013
R v Imtiaz Ahmed, Court of Appeal, 24th January 2013
R v Alan Fletcher, Court of Appeal, 4th December 2012
R v Ashley Searles, Court of Appeal, 22nd November 2012
L v West London Mental Health NHS Trust, High Court, 13th November 2012
R v Paul John Teasdale, Court of Appeal, 15th August 2012
R v Carlton Fitzwarren Channer, Court of Appeal, 6th July 2012
Appeal court quash SAS fantasy murder conviction after 18 years, 27th June 2012
R v Darren John Yates, Court of Appeal, 26th June 2012
R v Shaun Edward Tudor, Court of Appeal, 1st June 2012
RW v Secretary of State for Justice, Administrative Court, 30th April 2012
R v John Robert Parkins, Court of Appeal, 24th April 2012
R v Stephen Andrew Dowds,Court of Appeal, 22nd Febraury 2012
W v Dr Fintan Larkin and Secretary of State for Justice, Administrative Court, 22nd February 2012
R v Raymond Chiles, Court of Appeal, 2nd February 2012
R v Stead, Court of Appeal , 19th January 2012
Murderers lose appeal against whole life tariffs, 17th January 2012
R v Tania Louise Goucher, Court of Appeal, 20th October 2011
R v Safdar Haider Shah, Court of Appeal, 7th October 2011
Neck stab murderer Karl Quincey loses appeal bid, BBC News, 21st September 2011
R v Abdi, Court of Appeal, 14th September 2011
R v Dale Bond, Court of Appeal, 13th May 2011
Paranoid schizophrenic Leslie Gadsby has sentence reduced for killing mum, Liverpool Echo, 19th April 2011
Violent thug handed £55,000 compensation, Falmouth Penryn Packet, 7th April 2011
R v O, Court of Appel, 9th February 2011
R v Welsh, Court of Appeal, 1st February 2011
R v Coonan, Court of Appeal, 14th January 2011
Hospital Managers hearings
South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v Hospital Managers of St George's Hospital, High Court, 20th May 2016
R (Zhang) v Whittington Hospital, High Court, 4th February 2013
GC v Hospital Managers of the Kingswood Centre, Central and North West London Trust & VC, Administrative Court, 3rd October 2008
SR v Huntercombe Maidenhead Hospital & others, Administrative Court, 21st September 2005
The independent review into the care and treatment of Mr Anthony Hardy , September 2005
R (on the application of O) v West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Administrative Court, 16th March 2005
Tagoe-Thompson (R on the application of) v Hospital Managers of the Park Royal Centre, Court of Appeal, 12th March 2003
R v Riverside Mental Health Trust, ex parte Huzzey, Queen's Bench Division, 29th April 1998
R v Warlingham Park Hospital Managers ex parte B, Court of Appeal, 17th June 1994
Nearest Relative
Helen Plenty v John Johnson, Bristol County Court, 2nd January 2018
K (by his litigation friend, L) v Hospital Managers of the Kingswood Centre, Court of Appeal, 23rd October 2014
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v ML, Court of Protection, 16th May 2014
TW v London Borough of Enfield, Court of Appeal, 27th March 2014
In the matter of an application by HM for Judicial Review, QBD (Northern Ireland), 4th April 2014
MH v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 22nd October 2013
MA v Secretary of State for Health and Others, Upper Tribunal, 20th December 2012
GP v Derby City Council, High Court, 27th April 2012
DP v Hywel DDA Health Board, Upper Tribunal, 21st September 2011
DP v (1) South Tyneside District Council (2) Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust, QBD, 14th July 2011
CX v A Local Authority (Defendant) & A NHS Foundation Trust, QBD, 20th April 2011
Massie v H and M, Court of Appeal, 25th January 2011
TTM v Hackney Borough Council and Others, Court of Appeal , 14th January 2011
R v South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Croydon London Borough Council, ex parte V, High Court, 8th February 2010
An AMHP v PD and DK, Reading County Court, 21st January 2010
GC v Hospital Managers of the Kingswood Centre, Central and North West London Trust & VC, Administrative Court, 3rd October 2008
GD v Managers of the Dennis Scott Unit at Edgware Community Hospital and L. B. Barnet, Queen's Bench Division, 27th June 2008
BB v Cygnet Health Care and London Borough of Lewisham, Administrative Court, 4th March 2008
M (R on the application of) v Homerton University Hospital, Court of Appeal, 1st February 2008
R v The Hospital Managers of the Park Royal Hospital, ex parte Robinson, Queen's Bench Division, 26th November 2007
R (on the application of Holloway) v Oxfordshire County Council and others, Queen's Bench Division, 3rd April 2007
M v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 13th February 2007
SR v Huntercombe Maidenhead Hospital & others, Administrative Court, 21st September 2005
Brenda Lewis v Mark Gibson & MH (By her litigation friend, The Official Solicitor), Court of Appeal, 19th May 2005
R (on the application of O) v West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Administrative Court, 16th March 2005
O'Reilly v Blenheim Healthcare Limited, Administrative Court, 10th February 2005
R (on the application of E) v Bristol City Council, Administrative Court, 13th January 2005
McLarnon v Bradford District Care Trust, High Court, 22nd July 2004
M (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health, Queen's Bench Division, 16th April 2003
B (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 13th February 2003
R (on the application of SSG) v Liverpool City Council (1), Secretary of State for Health (2) and LS (Interested Party), 22nd October 2002
G (R on the application of) v London Borough of Ealing, Administrative Court, 30th April 2002
S (R on the application of) v City of Plymouth, Court of Appeal, 26th March 2002
PG (R on the application of) v London Borough of Ealing, Ealing Hospital Managers & Scott, Administrative Court, 28th February 2002
WC v South London & Maudsley NHS Trust and David Orekeye, Administrative Court, 25th October 2001
C v South London and Maudsley Hospital NHS Trust and London Borough of Lambeth, Queen's Bench Division, 1st March 2001
H (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal for the W.Midlands and NW Region, Administrative Court, 7th December 2000
R v Uxbridge County Court, ex parte Binns, Queen's Bench Division, 11th August 2000
In re F (Adult: Court's Jurisdiction), Court of Appeal, 26th June 2000
In re D (Mental patient: Habeas corpus), Court of Appeal, 9th May 2000
In re GM (patient: consultation), Queen's Bench Division, 4th May 2000
Smirek v Williams, Court of Appeal, 7th April 2000
JT v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 30th March 2000
McCelland (Nora) v Scully (Simon), Court of Appeal, 10th February 2000
Re Thomas, High Court, 4th October 1999
FC v UK, European Court of Human Rights , 7th September 1999
Merrill v Herefordshire District Council, Court of Appeal, 27th July 1999
SC v Lancashire County Council, Court of Appeal, 5th July 1999
Derbyshire County Council v Muriel Maude, 5th July 1999
Manchester City Council v Merceda Ingram, Court of Appeal, 25th June 1999
In the Matter of Gary Kinsey, High Court, 21st June 1999
R v Central London County Court; R v Managers of Gordon Hospital, ex parte AX London, Court of Appeal, 15th March 1999
Re Whitbread (Habeas Corpus: Continued Detention), Queen's Bench Division, 5th January 1999
The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the London Borough of Barnet v Tania Robin, Court of Appeal, 28th October 1998
In the Matter of Briscoe (Mary Elisabeth) of an Application for Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd July 1998
In Re John (Julie), Queen's Bench Division, 30th April 1998
R v Riverside Mental Health Trust, ex parte Huzzey, Queen's Bench Division, 29th April 1998
Re Whitbread, sub nom Whitbread v Kingston & District NHS Trust, Court of Appeal, 24th June 1997
R v Liverpool City Council, ex parte F, Queen's Bench Division, 16th April 1997
Mrs H v Essex County Council, HHJ O'Brien, Southend County Court, 14th February 1997
Re S-C (Mental patient: Habeas corpus), Court of Appeal, 22nd November 1995
Re Shearon, Queen's Bench Division, 8th November 1995
R v Birmingham Mental Health Trust and Another, ex p. Phillips, Queen's Bench Division, 25th May 1995
R v Wilson and another, ex parte Williamson, Queen's Bench Division, 6th April 1995
Surrey County Council v McMurray, Court of Appeal, 11th November 1994
R v Managers of South Western Hospital, ex p M, High Court, 31st December 1992
S v G, Sheffield County Court, January 1981
B v B (mental health patient), Court of Appeal, July 1979
W v L, Court of Appeal, 24th May 1973
Section 117 aftercare (inc. ordinary residence)
CXF, R v Central Bedfordshire Council and NHS North Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group, Court of Appeal , 20th December 2018
Richards v Worcestershire County Council & Anor, Court of Appeal, 12th December 2017
Tinsley v Manchester City Council & Ors, Court of Appeal, 1st November 2017
Barking and Dagenham, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Health, High Court, 5th October 2017
CXF, R (on the application of) v Central Bedfordshire Council & Anor, High Court, 15th September 2017
Damien Tinsley v Manchester City Council & South Manchester CCG, High Court, 10th November 2016
Richards v Worcestershire County Council & Anor, Chancery Division, 28th July 2016
R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary State for Health, Supreme Court, 8th July 2015
Kent County Council, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Health & Ors, Court of Appeal, 11th February 2015
R (Worcestershire County Council) v Essex County Council, High Court, 29th October 2014
R (Wiltshire Council) v Hertfordshire County Council, Court of Appeal, 22nd May 2014
Tewodros Afework v LB Camden, High Court, 13th June 2013
Sunderland City Council v South Tyneside Council, Court of Appeal, 9th October 2012
R (Gary Baisden) v Leicester City Council, Administrative Court, 1st April 2011
R (Hertfordshire County Council) v LB Hammersmith and Fulham, Court of Appeal, 15th February 2011
R v Greenwich LBC and Bromley LBC, Queens Bench Division, 15th June 2010
R v Sheffield City Council, ex parte Stojak, Leeds Combined Court, 22nd December 2009
B v Camden London Borough Council; Camden & Islington Mental Health & Social Care Trust, Administrative Court, 5th July 2005
Kolanis v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, 21st June 2005
Phillips v Buckinghamshire County Council, High Court, 14th September 2004
W v Doncaster MBC, Court of Appeal, 6th May 2004
R v Manchester City Council, ex parte Stennett and two other actions, House of Lords, 25th July 2002
Clunis v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 11th September 2001
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Torfaen CBC, Gwent Health Authority, ex parte Russell Hall, Court of Appeal, 30th July 1999
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal and others ex parte Russell Hall, Queen's Bench Division, 23rd April 1999
R v Ealing District Health Authority exp Fox, High court (Otton J), 11th June 1992
Section 117 aftercare - Ombudsman
Portsmouth City Council (13 006 593), 18th September 2013
Hampshire County Council (13 003 927), 19th July 2013
Wiltshire Council (09 005 439), 29th October 2012
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (06B12247) and Medway Council (06B12248), 29th April 2008
Bath and North East Somerset Council (06B16774), 12th December 2007
Poole Borough Council (06B07542), 5th September 2007
North Yorkshire County Council (05C13158), 24th July 2007
York City Council (04B01280), 31st January 2006
Police s.135 / s.136
Maureen Speck, R (on the application of) v HM Coroner for York, High Court, 12th January 2016
Webley v St George's Hospital NHS Trust & the Metropolitan Police, High Court, 14th February 2014
Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis v ZH, Court of Appeal, 14th February 2013
MS v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 3rd May 2012
R (Sawida Sessay) v South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, High Court , 13th October 2011
Seal v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 7th December 2010
Syed v Director of Public Prosecutions, High Court, 13th January 2010
Johnston v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, High Court, 20th November 2009
Ward v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and others, House of Lords, 5th May 2005
R (on the application of Anderson and others) v HM Coroner for Inner London North Greater London, Administrative Court, 26th November 2004
R v Rossario Rosso, Court of Appeal, 4th November 2003
Francis v Director of Public Prosecutions, Queen's Bench Division, 29th April 1996
D'Souza v Director of Public Prosecutions, House of Lords, 15th October 1992
Police / s.135 / s.136 - Learning from deaths
Daisy French, 9th April 2017
Unknown, (death day after police involvment), 8th March 2017
Sabrina Walsh, (suicide whilst detained in hospital - the day after s.136), 31st October 2016
Mariana Pinto, 16th October 2016 (taken to psychiatric hospital by police, jumped from balcony and died the following day)
Terence Pimm, Essex, 26th August 2016 (s.136 - suicide weeks later)
Ryan Vout, 10th August 2016 (died after self inflicted stab wounds during s.135 assessment)
Joshua Hamill, 5th June 2016, (suicide following police decision not to detain under s.136)
Nicholas de Trey, 4th June 2016 (consideration of s.135(1))
Peter Usher, 29th December 2015 (discharged from s.136 / HbPoS by doctor without being seen by AMHP - suicide next day)
Komang Jack Susianta, 29th July 2015 (drug induced psychosis, drowned the day after s.136 - discharged by doctor, ?no AMHP)
Matthew Groom, 15th June 2015 (left A&E after delayed Mental Health assessment and took his life the same day)
Joseph Phuong, 5th June 2015 (died day after s.2 assessment)
Muhammad Khalid, 31st March 2015 (took own life 2 days after s.136)
Tobias Terpilowski-Gill, 21st December 2014 (police unable to use s.136 as inside own house / single point of access)
Simon Reynolds, 21st November 2014 (choked on ingested paper soon after arrival at HbPoS)
Martine Brandon, 1st November 2014 (arrest rather than s.136 / choked on underwear in cell)
Terry Smith, 13th November 2013 (restraint death - died day after s.136 assessment)
Leon Briggs, 4th November 2013 (restraint death in police station on s.136)
Luftar Coku, August 2013 (killed himself when left unsupervised in A&E on s.136)
Derek Hancock, August 2013
Rafal Delezuch, August 2012 (restraint death)
Unknown, 10th August 2012 (use of Taser)
Thomas Orchard, 3rd October 2012 (restraint death)
Child H, February / March 2012 (11 year old girl in police station on s.136)
Ernestas Anikinas, 8th February 2012 (Taser death)
Philmore Mills, 11th December 2011 (restraint death)
Graham Wright, 25th October 2011 (died day after s.136 assessment)
Toni Emma Speck, 2nd June 2011 (restraint death)
Stephen Church, 13th May 2011 (died same day after absconding from A&E whilst on s.136)
Unknown, 9th April 2011 (burns in police van on way to HBPoS)
Kingsley Burrell, 30th March 2011 (restraint death)
Michael Sweeney, April 2011
Olaseni Lewis, 4th September 2010
Colin Holt, 30th August 2010 (restraint death / failure to use s.135(2))
Melanie Ruddell, 9th August 2010 (killed her 2 year old son / police unable to use s.136 as in own house )
Unknown, July 2010 (self-harm with razor blade whilst in police station on s.136)
James Herbert, June 2010 (restraint death)
Andrew Cairns, 2nd June 2010 (killed Rachel and Auden Slack)
Bryan Saltmarsh, 27th April 2010 (unjustified criticism of police for not using s.136)
Matthew Lovell, 28th October 2009 (restraint death)
Paul Honey, 19th August 2009 (killed himself after absconding whilst being conveyed)
Lucy Smith, 23rd August 2008 (hung herself whilst on s.136 in police station)
Sean Rigg, August 2008 (restraint death)
Hipolit Legowski, July 2008 (s.136 used but no MHA assessment)
Leanne Whiteley, 10th October 2007 (missed opportunity to use s.136)
Katherine Waddington, 29th April 2007 (not assessed whilst on s.136 at A&E - died next day)
Andrew Sheppard, September 2006
Phillip Edmondson, 29th September 2006 (death following s.136)
Malcolm Walker, 18th August 2006 (informal admission after s.136 - absconds and kills himself)
Ms O, August 2005
Faisal Al-Ani, July 2005 (restraint death)
Mr F, 17th August 2004
Martin Middleton, 24th March 2004
Andrew Jordan, 7th October 2003
Mikey Powell, 7th September 2003 (restraint death)
Pavlos Takoushis, 14th February 2003
Errol Leong, 14th November 2000 (killed Tammy Little day after s.136)
Roger Sylvester, 19th January 1999
Davina Rappai, August 1998 (died in car in Cornwall car park)
Glen Howard, 10th December 1997 (died January 1999)
Ibrahim(a) Sey, 16th March 1996 (CS spray / restraint)
Winston Rose, 13th July 1981
Tribunals - Case law
SB v South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal (AAC), 30th January 2020
DA v Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Upper Tribunal, 11th November 2019
SLL v (1) Priory Health Care and (2) Secretary of State for Justice (Mental health), Upper Tribunal, 18th October 2019
JG v Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust, Upper Tribunal, 11th June 2019
JS v South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 30th May 2019
LW v Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust and Associated Cases, Upper Tribunal, 29th November 2018
VS v St Andrew's Healthcare, Upper Tribunal, 23rd July 2018
M v ABM University Health Board, Upper Tribunal, 27th March 2018
DL-H v West London Mental Health Trust and the Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 28th September 2017
JMcG v Devon Partnership NHS Trust (Mental health), Upper Tribunal, 23rd August 2017
Djaba v West London Mental Health Trust & Anor, Court of Appeal, 28th June 2017
The Secretary of State for Justice v MM: Welsh Ministers v PJ, Court of Appeal, 29th March 2017
LB v BMH, Upper Tribunal, 14th March 2017
M v First Tier Tribunal (2) CICA, Upper Tribunal, 25th February 2017
R (on the application of Ian Stewart Brady) v Lord Chancellor and others, High Court, 20th February 2017
PI v West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 8th February 2017
R (OK) v First-tier Tribunal and Cambian Fairview, Upper Tribunal, 12th January 2017
GW v Gloucestershire County Council, Upper Tribunal, 22nd September 2016
JD v West London Mental Health NHS Trust and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 19th July 2016
RP v Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 26th April 2016
C, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice, Supreme Court, 27th January 2016
MM v (1) WL Clinic and (2) MHU, Upper Tribunal, 21st January 2016
WH v Llanarth Court Hospital (Partnerships in Care), Upper Tribunal, 21st December 2015
AM v Partnerships in Trust Limited and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 25th November 2015
MM v (1) WL Clinic and (2) MHU, Upper Tribunal, 23rd November 2015
PJ v A Local Health Board and Others, Upper Tribunal, 4th September 2015
SL v Ludlow Street Healthcare, Upper Tribunal, 16th July 2015
SSJ v KC, Upper Tribunal, 2nd July 2015
KD v A Borough Council, the Department of Health and Others, Upper Tribunal, 18th May 2015
AF v Nottinghamshire NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 27th April 2015
NM v Kent County Council, Upper Tribunal, 18th March 2015
YA v Central and NW London NHS Trusts and Others, Upper Tribunal, 4th February 2015
AMA v Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Others, Upper Tribunal, 4th February 2015
NL v Hampshire County Council, Upper Tribunal, 21st October 2014
HK v Llanarth Court Hospital, Upper Tribunal, 11th September 2014
Equilibrium Health Care v AK, Upper Tribunal, 4th November 2013
MH v the UK, European Court of Human Rights, 22nd October 2013
Pendlebury v Secretary of State for Justice, High Court, 15th October 2013
DL-H v Partnerships in Care and the Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 4th October 2013
AM v South London & Maudsley Trust and Anor, Upper Tribunal, 6th August 2013
Modaresi v Secretary of State for Health, Supreme Court, 24th July 2013
AM v West London MH NHS Trust, Court of Appeal, 10th July 2013
Secretary of State for Justice v SB, Upper Tribunal, 5th July 2013
GA v Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB, Upper Tribunal, 12th June 2013
C v Birmingham and Solihull MH NHS Trust: F v St Andrews, Court of Appeal, 8th May 2013
RC v NHS Islington and Others, Upper Tribunal, 2nd April 2013
MD v Mersey Care NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 6th March 2013
MM v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 25th February 2013
MS v North East London Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 18th February 2013
Re M, Upper Tribunal, 18th February 2013
R (Zhang) v Whittington Hospital, High Court, 4th February 2013
GB v South West London and St George's MH NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 28th January 2013
Secretary of State for Justice v MP and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 11th January 2013
MA v Secretary of State for Health and Others, Upper Tribunal, 20th December 2012
AC v Partnerships in Care Ltd and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 4th December 2012
JP v South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 27th November 2012
SH v Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 6th August 2012
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust v H-JH, Upper Tribunal, 14th June 2012
EC v Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust, Upper Tribunal, 29th May 2012
R (MP) v First-tier Tribunal and West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 22nd May 2012
DC v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 22nd March 2012
Secretary of State for Justice v RB, Court of Appeal, 20th December 2011
DP v Hywel DDA Health Board, Upper Tribunal, 21st September 2011
DN v Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 16th August 2011
MB v BEH MH NHST & Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 12th August 2011
JP v Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust and Others, Upper Tribunal, 30th July 2011
KL v Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 10th June 2011
RN v Curo Care, Upper Tribunal, 11th April 2011
TR v Ludlow Street Healthcare Ltd, Upper Tribunal, 7th April 2011
PS v Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 30th March 2011
CM v Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 23rd March 2011
MP v Mersey Care NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 15th March 2011
AH v West London MHT and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 17th February 2011
RB v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 11th February 2011
JLG v Managers of Llanarth Court and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 9th February 2011
DL v South London & Maudsley NHS Trust Foundation & Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 17th December 2010
RH v South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Secretary of State for Justice, Court of Appeal, 12th November 2010
LC v DHIH, Upper Tribunal, 3rd September 2010
AH v West London MHT and Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 29th July 2010
KF & others v Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 2nd June 2010
RM v St Andrew's Healthcare, Upper Tribunal, 23rd April 2010
DL-H v Devon Partnership NHS Trust v Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 12th April 2010
MD v Nottinghamshire Health Care NHS Trust, Upper Tribunal, 25th February 2010
AA v Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 1st October 2009
BB v South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, & Secretary of State for Justice, Upper Tribunal, 7th August 2009
Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v MH, Upper Tribunal, 8th January 2009
R (MN) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, High Court, 19th December 2008
R (on the application of Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust) v MHRT and GK, High Court, 19th September 2008
R v South Region MHRT, ex parte B, Administrative Court, 13th August 2008
Clive Roberts and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Queen's Bench Division, 1st August 2008
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others, ex parte Juncal, Court of Appeal, 25th July 2008
IT v Secretary of State for Justice, Queens Bench, 18th July 2008
Secretary of State for Justice v Daniel Rayner, Court of Appeal, 12th March 2008
M (R on the application of) v Homerton University Hospital, Court of Appeal, 1st February 2008
R (on the application of RD) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Queen's Bench Division, 4th April 2007
R (on the application of SH) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Queen's Bench Division, 3rd April 2007
R (on the application of MN) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd March 2007
R (Care Principles Ltd) v Mental Health Review Tribunal; R (AL) v Care Principles Ltd and Julie Bartlett, Administrative Court, 24 November 2006
O (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 17th October 2006
OS (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Administrative Court, 24th July 2006
JB (R on the application of) v Dr A Haddock, Dr J Rigby, Dr Wood, Court of Appeal, 11th July 2006
R v Staines, Court of Appeal, 26th January 2006
B (R on the application of) v Dr SS (RMO), Court of Appeal, 26th January 2006
AN v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Court of Appeal, 21st December 2005
R (on the application of Secretary of State) v Mental Health Review Tribunal & BR, Court of Appeal, 21st December 2005
SR (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 14th December 2005
M (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th December 2005
R (East London and City Mental Health NHS Trust) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 26th August 2005
R v IA, Court of Appeal, 4th August 2005
B v Camden London Borough Council; Camden & Islington Mental Health & Social Care Trust, Administrative Court, 5th July 2005
Kolanis v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, 21st June 2005
Brenda Lewis v Mark Gibson & MH (By her litigation friend, The Official Solicitor), Court of Appeal, 19th May 2005
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Mental Health Review Tribunal & CH, Administrative Court, 15th April 2005
R (on the application of DJ) v MHRT; R (on the application of AN) v MHRT, Administrative Court, 11th April 2005
B (R on the application of) v Ashworth Hospital Authority, House of Lords, 17th March 2005
AL (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Court of Appeal, 20th January 2005
R (on the application of SC) v The Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 17th January 2005
CS (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal and another, Administrative Court, 6th December 2004
R (on the application of Secretary of State for the Home Department) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th October 2004
R (on the application of G) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th October 2004
R (on the application of A) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 23rd July 2004
R (on the application of Mersey Care Trust) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 22nd July 2004
W v Doncaster MBC, Court of Appeal, 6th May 2004
AL (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Administrative Court, 23rd April 2004
Secretary of State for the Home Department (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 7th April 2004
Judge rules double killer cannot leave hospital, Press Association, 7th April 2004
PD (R on the application of) v West Midlands and North West Mental Health Review Tribunal, Court of Appeal, 17th March 2004
Secretary of State for the Home Department (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 10th March 2004
Li (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 22nd January 2004
R v East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust and Another, Ex parte Von Brandenburg, House of Lords, 13th November 2003
IH (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another, House of Lords, 13th November 2003
R (C) v South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Mental Health Review Tribunal, High Court, 6th October 2003
X (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 13th May 2003
Mersey Care NHS Trust (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 9th May 2003
T v Mental Health Review Tribunal (Defendant) & G (Interested Party), Administrative Court, 22nd February 2002
B (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 13th February 2003
R (on the application of KB and others) v Mental Health Review Tribunal and another, Administrative Court, 13th February 2003
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Mental Health Review Tribunal & PH, Court of Appeal, 19th December 2002
S (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal and Department of Health, Administrative Court, 27th November 2002
DR (R on the application of) v Merseycare NHS Trust, Administrative Court, 7th August 2002
Home Secretary (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal; PG as Interested Party, Administrative Court, 31st July 2002
B (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal and another, Administrative Court, 22nd July 2002
H (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 9th July 2002
Ashworth Hospital v Mental Health Review Tribunal. H v Ashworth Hospital, Court of Appeal, 28th June 2002
KB, MK, JR, GM, LB, PD and TB v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 23rd April 2002
Warren (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, London North & East Region, Administrative Court, 19th April 2002
P (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal for the East Midlands & North East Region, Court of Appeal, 16th April 2002
Cox (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 1st February 2002
L (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 24th January 2002
Huseyin v Mental Health Review Tribunal & The Secretary of State for Health, Administrative Court, 21st January 2002
DE (a patient) v The Mental Health Review Tribunal and others, Court of Appeal, 13th November 2001
N (R on the application of) v Ashworth Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 21st December 2001
Ashworth Hospital Authority (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal for the West Midlands and North West Region. H (R on the application of) v Ashworth Hospital Authority, Administrative Court, 9th November 2001
Secretary of State (R on the application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal Administrative Court, 29th October 2001
R (On the application of P) v Mental Health Review Tribunal Administrative Court, 26th October 2001
R (on the application of C) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, London South and South West Region, Court of Appeal, 3rd July 2001
R (on the application of H) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, North and East London Region and another, Court of Appeal, 28th March 2001
R (on the application of Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust) v The Mental Health Review Tribunal, Administrative Court, 13th February 2001
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal for North East Thames Region, Queen's Bench Division, 15th December 2000
R (on the application of H) v Mental Health Review Tribunal for the West Midlands and North West Region, Administrative Court, 7th December 2000
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, London North and East ex p H, Administrative Court, 15th November 2000
R (on the application of H) v Mental Health Review Tribunal, North and East London Region, Queen's Bench Division, 15th September 2000
R v North East Thames Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Fritz Brown, Queen's Bench Division, 13th June 2000
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal London North & East Region, ex parte T, 24th February 2000
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal London North & East Region, ex parte Lawrence, 10th February 2000
R v London South and South West Region Mental Health Review Tribunal ex parte Moyle, Queen's Bench Division, 21st December 1999
R v Anglia and Oxfordshire Mental Health Review Tribunal ex p. Hagan, Court of Appeal, 20th December 1999
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Torfaen County Borough Council, Gwent Health Authority, ex parte Russell Hall, Court of Appeal, 30th July 1999
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal and others ex parte Russell Hall, Queen's Bench Division, 23rd April 1999
R v Anglia and Oxford Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Hagan, Queen's Bench Division, 2nd December 1998
R v North Thames Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Trevor Holland, High Court, 15th September 1998
R v Nottingham Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department; R v Trent Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte same, Court of Appeal, 14th September 1998
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal for the South Thames Region ex parte Smith (Anthony David), Queen's Bench Division, 4th August 1998
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Harry, Queen's Bench Division, 8th April 1998
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Booth, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd September 1997
R v South Thames Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte M, Queen's Bench Division, 3rd September 1997
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal ex parte Macdonald, Queen's Bench Division, 28th July 1997
Mental Health Review Tribunal v John Hempstock, Queen's Bench Division, 10th July 1997
R v South West Thames Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Pierre Demetri, Queen's Bench Division, 2nd July 1997
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal for Merseyside, ex parte Patrick Kelly, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd April 1997
R v Oxfordshire Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Warren, Court of Appeal, Civil Division, 21st March 1997
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal for North Thames Region, ex parte Pierce, Queen's Bench Division, 20th May 1996
R v Oxfordshire Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Warren, Queen's Bench Division, 2nd May 1996
Dlodlo v Mental Health Review Tribunal for the South Thames Region and Others, Court of Appeal, 24th April 1996
R v Cannons Park Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Martins, Queen's Bench Division, 7th June 1995
R v Oxford Mental Health Review Tribunal and another, ex parte Smith, Court of Appeal, 25th January 1995
R v Canons Park Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte A, Court of Appeal, 16th February 1994
R v Trent Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Ryan, High Court, 4th October 1991
R v North West Thames Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Cooper, Queen's Bench Division, 14th February 1990
Perkins v Bath District Health Authority and Wiltshire County Council, R v Wessex Mental Health Review Tribunal ex parte Wiltshire County Council, Court of Appeal, 19th July 1989
R v Merseyside Mental Health Tribunal, ex parte K, Court of Appeal, 7th June 1989
Campbell and Secretary of State for the Home Department, On appeal from R v Oxford Regional Mental Health Review Tribunal and Ernest Campbell, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department), House of Lords, 29th July 1987
R v Mersey Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Dillon, Queen's Bench Division, 19th March 1987
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Secretary of State for the Home Department, Queen's Bench Division, 13th March 1987
R v Oxford Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Mackman, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd May 1986
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Mental Health Review Tribunal for the Mersey Regional Health Authority: (2) Same v Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales, Queen's Bench Division, 22nd April 1986
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Pickering, Queen's Bench Division, 12th July 1985
R v Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex parte Clatworthy, Queen's Bench Division, 4th March 1985
Bone v Mental Health Review Tribunal, Queen's Bench Division, 14th February 1985
Capacity for sex / marriage
Social services praised for helping woman have sex with boyfriend, Bolton News, 8th October 2019
Mundell v Name 1,Court of Protection, 18th September 2019
JB (Capacity: Consent to sexual relations and contact with others), Court of Protection, 17th September 2019
B v A Local Authority, Court of Appeal, 11th June 2019
Lincolnshire County Council v AB, Court of Protection, 8th May 2019
London Borough of Tower Hamlets v NB, Court of Protection, 7th May 2019
PBM v TGT & X Local Authority, Court of Protection, 8th March 2019
B (Capacity: Social Media: Care and Contact), Court of Protection, 21st February 2019
Local Authority v H (No 2), Court of Protection, 19th February 2019
Manchester City Council Legal Services v LC & Anor, High Court - Family Division, 24th October 2018
P (Sexual Relations and Contraception), Court of Protection, 18th April 2018
AB v HT & Ors, Court of Protection, 26th January 2018
The Hospital Trust v V & Ors, Court of Protection, 20th October 2017
Re DMM, (Alzheimer's: marriage: power of attorney), Court of Protection , 2nd October 2017
CH v A Metropolitan Council, Court of Protection, 28th July 2017
Re DMM, (Alzheimer's: marriage: power of attorney), Court of Protection, 26th July 2017
Re KA; The London Borough of Southwark v KA (Capacity to Marry), Court of Protection, 23rd March 2016
Re RS, Luton Borough Council v (1) SB (2) RS, Family Division, 3rd December 2015
London Borough of Southwark v P, Family Division, 20th April 2015
London Borough of Tower Hamlets v (1) TB (2) SA, Court of Protection, 17th December 2014
Derbyshire County Council v AC, Court of Protection, 23rd October 2014
A Local Authority v TZ (No. 2), Court of Protection, 1st April 2014
Regina v GA; R v Giovanni Avanzi, Court of Appeal, 6th February 2014
IM v LM & Others, Court of Appeal, 23rd January 2014
The Local Authority v HP, Court of Protection, 15th November 2013
YLA v PM and MZ, Family Division, 20th November 2013
A Local Authority v SY, Court of Protection, 12th November 2013
An NHS Trust v DE, FG & JK, Court of Protection, 16th August 2013
Sandwell MBC v RG, GG, SK and SKG, Court of Protection, 4th July 2013
PC and NC v City of York Council, Court of Appeal, 1st May 2013
A Local Authority v K, Court of Protection, 15th February 2013
A Local Authority v AK & Ors, Court of Protection, 30th November 2012
XCC v AA, BB,CC, DD, Court of Protection, 26th July 2012
A Local Authority v H, Court of Protection, 27th January 2012
London Borough of Tower Hamlets v BB, AM, SB, and EL Trust, Court of Protection, 31st August 2011
D Borough Council v AB, Court of Protection, 28th January 2011
A Local Authority v Mrs A (By the Official Solicitor as her Litigation Friend) and Mr A, Family Division, 24th June 2010
D County Council v LS, Court of Protection, 15th June 2010
London Borough of Enfield v SA, FA, and KA, Court of Protection, 9th February 2010
R v C, House of Lords, 30th July 2009
R v KS, LU and SK, MHAS and SR, ex parte London Borough of Ealing, Family Division, 3rd April 2008
Re MM; Local Authority X v MM and KM, Family Division, 21st August 2007
X City Council v MB, NB and MAB (By His Litigation Friend the Official Solicitor), Family Division, 13th February 2006
M v (1) B (2) A (3) S (by the Official Solicitor as her Litigation Friend), Family Division, 28th July 2005
Sheffield City Council v (1) E (2) S, Family Division, 2nd December 2004
Court authorised medical treatment
A Clinical Commissioning Group v AF & Ors , Court of Protection, 27th March 2020
(1) A Healthcare and (2) B NHS Trust v CC, High Court, 11th March 2020
The Health Service Executive of Ireland v Moorgate, Court of Protection, 11th March 2020
Liverpool fan on life support who cries to You'll Never Walk Alone will be allowed to die, Liverpool Echo, 6th March 2020
ABC v St George's Healthcare NHS Trust & Ors, High Court - Queen's Bench Division, 28th February 2020
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v C, Court of Protection, 27th February 2020
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board v P, Court of Protection, 21st February 2020
Re P (Urgent Medical Treatment), Court of Protection, 17th February 2020
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v H (Rev 1) , Court of Protection, 3rd February 2020
Assisted dying: Terminally ill man's judicial review rejected, BBC News, 30th January 2020
QJ v A Local Authority & Anor , Court of Protection, 29th January 2020
Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v R , Court of Protection, 29th January 2020
Right-to-die campaigner fails to overturn ban in court, The Guardian, 19th December 2019
Possible negligence claim over care of breast cancer patient with mental health difficulties, Press Association, 6th December 2019
Newby, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Justice, High Court, 19th November 2019
JK v A Local Health Board, High Court - Family Division, 13th November 2019
Judge rules mentally ill woman must have caesarean, BBC News, 28th October 2019
Oxford University NHS Trust v AB (A Minor) & Ors, High Court - Family Division, 25th October 2019
An NHS Foundation Trust v AB (Contraception), Court of Protection, 21st October 2019
Woman with severe learning disabilities to have abortion, judge rules, The Guardian, 11th October 2019
Doctors can perform C-section if woman loses mental capacity, judge rules, The Guardian, 2nd September 2019
X Health Authority v D, High Court, 22nd August 2019
The Hospital v JJ, Court of Protection, 15th August 2019
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust v RR, , Court of Protection , 9th August 2019
Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust v X, Court of Protection, 25th July 2019
Woman must have chemotherapy despite wanting to die, judge rules, The Independent, 17th July 2019
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust v MB & Ors, Court of Protection, 12th July 2019
Re AB (Termination of pregnancy), Court of Appeal, 11th July 2019
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust v CD, Court of Protection, 4th July 2019
Anorexic teenager can be moved to specialist unit against her wishes, says judge, Press Association, 26th June 2019
Hospital bosses agree not to treat sick Jehovah's Witness teenager with blood products against his will even though they could save his life, Daily Mail, 26th June 2019
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust v B (A minor) (Urgent Medical Treatment), High Court, 21st June 2019
NHS Trust v JP, Court of Protection, 18th June 2019
Clinical Commissioning Group v P, Court of Protection, 22nd May 2019
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust v J, Court of Protection, 2nd May 2019
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust v DE, Court of Protection, 19th April 2019
Hounslow Clinical Commissioning Group v RW & Ors, Court of Protection, 29th March 2019
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust v PW (By his litigation friend the Official Solicitor, Court of Protection, 21st March 2019
DCC v NLH, Court of Protection, 19th March 2019
Royal Borough of Greenwich v CDM, Court of Protection, 20th February 2019
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v TG & Anor, Court of Protection, 14th February 2019
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v FG, Court of Protection, 29th January 2019
Fourth UCLH patient to be given innovative treatment for CJD, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 28th January 2019
Brain-damaged Northampton Hospital patient can be allowed to die, BBC News, 15th January 2019
Judge rules doctors can perform Caesarean section on heavily-pregnant woman with learning difficulties, Yahoo News, 27th December 2018
NHS Cumbria CCG v Rushton, Court of Protection, 21st December 2018
Two more UCLH patients to receive pioneering treatment for CJD, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, 13th December 2018
Terminally ill Noel Conway loses Supreme Court appeal, BBC News, 27th November 2018
A London NHS Foundation Trust v E, Court of Protection, 22nd November 2018
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust v SE; Re SE, Court of Protection, 8th November 2018
SS v CCG & Anor, Court of Protection, 31st October 2018
RAO v ROO & Anor, Court of Protection, 25th October 2018
University College London Hospitals v KG, Court of Protection, 8th October 2018
Omid T dies - legal case left unresolved, Bindmans, 5th October 2018
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust v HB, Court of Protection, 30th August 2018
Re SJ, Court of Protection, 24th August 2018
Y v A Healthcare NHS Trust & Ors, Court of Protection, 2nd August 2018
An NHS Trust and others v Y (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and another, Supreme Court, 30th July 2018
Long-term CJD survivor at centre of legal protection battle, The Scotsman, 21st July 2018
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust v JF & Anor, Court of Protection, 20th July 2018
R (Conway) v The Secretary of State for Justice & Ors, Court of Appeal, 27th June 2018
PW v Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Ors; Re RW, Court of Appeal, 11th May 2018
Judge gives Leeds NHS bosses go-ahead for C-section on pregnant woman with learning disabilities, Yorkshire Post, 10th May 2018
NHS Windsor and Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group v SP (Withdrawal of CANH), Court of Protection 20th April 2018
Brain damaged assault victim soldier to be discharged from Army, Press Association, 27th March 2018
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Skripal, Court of Protection, 22nd March 2018
Medics can continue feeding man in 'quality of life' dispute, Oxford Mail, 1st March 2018
Oxfordshire hospital in legal battle to end patient's life, Oxford Mail, 14th February 2018
Noel Conway: Terminally ill man granted assisted dying appeal, BBC News, 18th January 2018
Tees health chiefs seek advice over dental help for Syrian thought to have seen brother tortured, Gazette Live, 15th January 2018
Re SW (No 2), Court of Protection, 7th December 2017
NHS Trust v Y & Anor; Re Y, Queen's Bench Division, 13th November 2017
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust v Mrs P & Anor, Court of Protection, 30th October 2017
London Borough of Brent v NB, SA, AD, MB, SB, Court of Protection, 25th October 2017
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust v JT, Court of Protection, 12th October 2017
R (Conway) v Secretary of State for Justice, High Court, 5th October 2017
NHS England to face court over patient kept alive by blood transfusions, The Guardian, 3rd October 2017
NHS bosses change mind on operation for mentally-ill Sheffield man, The Star, 27th September 2017
M v A Hospital, Court of Protection, 20th September 2017
PL v Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group & Anor, Court of Protection, 11th September 2017
B v D: Re D (Medical Treatment), Court of Protection, 5th September 2017
Judge agrees artificial nutrition for mentally ill man who swallows sharp items, Press Association, 2nd September 2017
Court to decide whether sick teenager should be restrained during dialysis, Times & Star, 30th August 2017
X (A Child) (No 5), Family Division, 17th August 2017
X (A Child) (No 4), Family Division, 7th August 2017
X (A Child) (No 3), Family Division, 3rd August 2017
Director of Legal Aid Casework & Ors v Briggs, Court of Appeal, 31st July 2017
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust v YZ and ZZ, Family Division, 27th July 2017
X (A Child - No 2), Family Division, 28th June 2017
Daughter seeks end to mother's treatment, Stowe Family Law, 19th June 2017
NHS Foundation Trust v QZ, Court of Protection , 6th June 2017
ABC v St George's Healthcare NHS Trust & Ors, Court of Appeal, 16th May 2017
Confused man can be forced to have cancer treatment, court rules, Press Association, 8th May 2017
Re SW, Court of Protection, 12th April 2017
Man with autism ordered to have bowel surgery against his wishes, Nottingham Post, 25th February 2017
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board v RY & Anor, Court of Protection, 8th February 2017
Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Z, Family Division, 30th December 2016
Re AB, Court of Protection, 20th December 2016
Briggs v Briggs & Ors, Court of Protection, 20th December 2016
MR v SR & Anor (application for costs), Family Division, 16th December 2016
The Acute Trust v R; Re R (Serious Medical Treatment), Court of Protection, 14th December 2016
Re CA (Natural Delivery or Caesarean Section), Court of Protection, 8th December 2016
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board v RY & Anor, Family Division, 23rd November 2016
HN (Out of Hours Application), Court of Protection, 23rd September 2016
X (A Child) and Y (A Child), Family Division, 12th September 2016
Agoraphobic can be sedated and taken from home to undergo eye surgery, judge rules, The Telegraph, 7th July 2016
M v Press Association, Court of Protection, 23rd June 2016
Re GH, Court of Protection, 23rd June 2016
Woman should have part of infected leg amputated, judge rules, Press Association, 21st June 2016
S (a child) v NHS England, High Court, 15th June 2016
V v Associated Newspapers Ltd & Ors, Court of Protection, 14th June 2016
Re G; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v G, Court of Protection, 27th May 2016
Doctors can withdraw life-sustaining treatment from 24-year-old Marcus Campbell, Your Local Guardian, 26th May 2016
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v BF, Court of Protection, 18th May 2016
Re S, Court of Protection, 16th May 2016
Man seeking move to hospital nearer home will not be forced to take medication, Press Association, 16th May 2016
Re O, (Withdrawal of Medical Treatment), Court of Protection, 25th April 2016
Re Z (Recognition of Foreign Order), Family Division, 8th April 2016
Judge orders for sick woman's legs to be amputated due to her limited mental capacity, The Independent, 19th March 2016
Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Hampson, Court of Protection, 8th March 2016
Re QQ, Court of Protection, 7th March 2016
NHS Trusts v C (Medical Treatment and Reporting Restrictions Order), Court of Protection, 1st March 2016
Re W (Medical Treatment: Anorexia); Betsi Cadwaladr University LHB v Miss W, Court of Protection, 26th February 2016
We must respect dignity of Man U fan who 'wants to die' - judge, Press Association, 13th February 2016
Re CS (Termination of Pregnancy), Court of Protection, 22nd January 2016
Mentally ill woman gives birth after care plan approved, Press Association, 14th January 2016
Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v (1) C (2) V, Court of Protection, 30th November 2015
Re N, Court of Protection, 19th November 2015
Re CD, Court of Protection, 13th November 2015
Winspear v City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, High Court, 13th November 2015
Boy, 14, with serious brain damage should not be resuscitated, judge rules, Express & Star, 16th October 2015
Re JM (A Child), Family Division, 7th October 2015
Wye Valley NHS Trust v B, Court of Protection, 28th September 2015
An NHS Trust v A, Court of Protection, 23rd September 2015
Anorexic woman blocks her transfer to unit in England, Belfast Telegraph, 19th September 2015
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust v Ms AB, Court of Protection, 31st July 2015
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v P & Anor, Court of Protection, 26th June 2015
The Health Service Executive of Ireland v PA & Ors, Court of Protection, 3rd June 2015
Court approves caesarean for mentally-ill woman, BBC News, 20th May 2015
CWM TAF University v F, Family Division, 15th May 2015
A Local Health Board v AB, Court of Protection, 30th April 2015
A Healthcare NHS Trust v P & Q, Court of Protection, 13th March 2015
Judge refuses mother's plea to treat terminally-ill son, saying he should be allowed to die, The Telegraph, 14th February 2015
The Mental Health Trust & Ors v DD & Anor, Court of Protection, 4th February 2015
An NHS Trust v The Patient, Court of Protection, 18th December 2014
Re X, Court of Protection, 9th December 2014
Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group v AB & Anor, Court of Protection, 27th November 2014
Judge approves caesarean for mentally ill woman, 21st October 2014
A NHS Foundation Trust v X, Court of Protection, 8th October 2014
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust reverses decision not to reinsert the feeding tube, 29th September 2014
NHS Trust & Ors v FG, Court of Protection, 28th August 2014
Re X, Court of Appeal, 7th August 2014
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust v CD & Ors, Court of Protection, 1st August 2014
An NHS Trust v J, Court of Protection , 24th July 2014
Ms I, Court of Protection, 22nd July 2014
M Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Y, High Court, 17th July 2014
The Mental Health Trust & Ors v DD & Anor, Court of Protection, 15th July 2014
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust v PP & Ors, Court of Protection, 26th June 2014
Tony Nicklinson & Anor, R (on the application of) v Ministry of Justice and DPP, Supreme Court, 25th June 2014
David Tracey v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Court of Appeal, 17th June 2014
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v TH and another, Court of Protection, 22nd May 2014
North Somerset Council v LW and Ors, Court of Protection, 21st May 2014
North Somerset Council v LW and Ors (Care and RRO), Family Division, 21st May 2014
An NHS Foundation Hospital v P, High Court, 20th May 2014
Mentally-ill mother gives birth at Sunderland hospital after forced caesarean order, 1st May 2014
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust v RC, Court of Protection, 1st May 2014
Baby in Alessandra Pacchieri forced caesarean case adopted, 15th April 2014
A Local Authority v TZ (No. 2), Court of Protection, 1st April 2014
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust v LM, Court of Protection , 26th February 2014
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust v JB, Court of Protection, 17th February 2014 An NHS Foundation Trust v A, M, P, High Court, 12th February 2014
Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust v AB, Court of Protection, 31st January 2014
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v AA, High Court, 29th January 2014
Re AA, Court of Protection, 4th December 2013
NHS Trust v VT, High Court, 13th November 2013
SM, Court of Protection, 4th November 2013
Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James, Supreme Court, 30th October 2013
An NHS Trust v DE, FG & JK, Court of Protection, 16th August 2013
Woman with learning difficulties will be forcibly checked for possible cancer, 6th August 2013
A NHS Hospital Trust v M and K, Court of Protection, 24th May 2013
Re SB (Capacity to Consent to Termination),Court of Protection, 21st May 2013
A NHS Trust v Dr A, Court of Protection, 27th March 2013
A Local Authority v K, Court of Protection, 15th February 2013
The NHS Trust v AW, Court of Protection, 23rd January 2013
NHS Trust v P, Court of Protection, 10th January 2013
A Local Health Board v J, Court of Protection, 13th November 2012
A NHS Trust v K and Others, Court of Protection, 15th October 2012
An NHS Trust v L and Others, Family Division, 8th October 2012
NHS Trust v L, Court of Protection, 30th August 2012
NHS trust wins intervention ruling, Press Association, 10th August 2012
A Local Authority v E, Court of Protection, 15th June 2012
Kidney failure patient forced to have dialysis, 29th May 2012
X Primary Care Trust v XB, Family Division, 1st May 2012
An NHS Trust v D, Court of Protection, 23rd March 2012
Court awards brain damaged boy £6.5m to fund future care, Irwin Mitchell, 11th January 2012
W v M, S and A NHS Primary Care Trust, Court of Protection, 28th September 2011
Judge gives go-ahead for medics to sedate and restrain woman with hospital phobia who needs cancer treatment, Daily Mail, 8th July 2011
AVS v A NHS Foundation Trust, Court of Appeal, 17th January 2011
Judge tells doctors they can enforce treatment on mentally ill woman, The Telegraph, 20th October 2010
An NHS Foundation Trust and D (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor), Family Division, 4th October 2010
A Local Authority v Mrs A (By the Official Solicitor as her Litigation Friend) and Mr A, Family Division, 24th June 2010
DH NHS Foundation Trust v PS (By her Litigation Friend the Official Solicitor), Family Division, 26th May 2010
Regina (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions; Society for the Protection of Unborn Children intervening, House of Lords, 30th July 2009
R v KS, LU and SK, MHAS and SR, ex parte London Borough of Ealing, Family Division, 3rd April 2008
An NHS Trust v A and others, Family Division, 18th July 2007
An NHS Trust v J, Family Division, 8th November 2006
Re H (adult patient) (medical treatment); Trust A v H, Family Division, 25th May 2006
Leslie Burke v GMC, 28th July 2005
Ban on suicide journey is lifted, BBC News, 30th November 2004
An NHS Trust v C, Family Division, 12th July 2004
NHS Trust v T (adult patient: refusal of medical treatment), Family Division, 28th May 2004
Glass v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 9th March 2004
Hospital visiting ban can stay rules court, This is Cheshire, 26th February 2004
An NHS Trust and D (By her litigation friend, The Official Solicitor), Family Division, 28th November 2003
Judge tells hospital to feed widow, 91 'left to die', The Telegraph, 7th October 2003
HE v A Hospital NHS Trust & Anor, 7th May 2003
NHS Trust v S, DG & SG, Family Division, 6th March 2003
Psychopath prisoner wins right to die, Press Association, 24th April 2002
Re B (Consent to treatment: Capacity), Family Division, 22nd March 2002
Re SS (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor), Family Division, 26th September 2001
Re A, Family Division, 6th June 2001
A National Health Service Trust v D, Family Division, 12th July 2000
Re SL (Adult patient: Sterilisation), Court of Appeal, 18th May 2000
R v Dr James Collins and Ashworth Hospital Authority ex parte Brady, Queen's Bench Division, 10th March 2000
Re A (Male Sterilisation) also cited as R-B, Court of Appeal, 20th December 1999
Re ZM (Hysterectomy), Family Division, 10th November 1999
Vicki Carter, High Court, August 1999
Re M (child: refusal of medical treatment), Family Division, 15th July 1999
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S (No 2); R v Collins and others, ex parte S (No 2), Court of Appeal, 30th July 1998
Re X (Adult Patient: Sterilisation), Family Division, 19th June 1998
Re L, Family Division, 10th June 1998
Re S (Adult: Sterilisation), Family Division, 29th January 1998
Re D, Family Division, 26th November 1997
Re H (A Patient), Family Division, 16th July 1997
Re MB, Court of Appeal, 26th March 1997
Re C (a minor), Family Division, 5th March 1997
Re JT (Adult: Refusal of medical treatment), Family Division, 8th January 1997
Re L (a patient: non-consensual treatment), Family Division, 13th December 1996
Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council v DB, Family Division, 21st November 1996
Norfolk and Norwich Healthcare (NHS) Trust v W, Family Division, 3rd July 1996
Rochdale Healthcare (NHS) Trust v C, Family Division, 3rd July 1996
Re Y (Mental incapacity: bone marrow transplant), Family Division, 14th June 1996
Re R, Family Division, 26th April 1996
Tameside and Glossop Acute Services Trust v CH, Family Division , 12th January 1996
Re S (Hospital Patient: Foreign Curator), Family Division, 11th July 1995
B v Croydon Health Authority, Court of Appeal, 29th November 1994
Home Secretary v Robb, Family Division , 4th November 1994
Re S (a minor), Family Division, 14th June 1994
Re KB (adult) (mental patient: medical treatment), Family Division, 28th January 1994
Frenchay Healthcare NHS Trust v S, Court of Appeal, 14th January 1994
Re LC (Medical treatment: Sterilisation), Family Division, 29th October 1993
Riverside Mental Health NHS Trust v Fox, Court of Appeal, 25th October 1993
Re C, Family Division, 14th October 1993
Re T, Court of Appeal, 30th July 1992
X v A, B and C and the Mental Health Act Commission, Queen's Bench Division, 11th July 1991
Re GF; F v F, Family Division, 9th April 1991
Re E (A Minor), Fam Division, 4th February 1991
Re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation); F v West Berkshire Health Authority, House of Lords, 24th May 1989
Re B (a minor), House of Lords, 30th April 1987
Gillick v West Norfolk & Wisbech Area Health Authority, House of Lords, 17th October 1985
Re D (a minor) (wardship: sterilisation), Family Division, 17th September 1975
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee, Queen's Bench Division, 26th February 1957
Power of Attorney / Deputyship / Wills - Case law
Goss-Custard & Anor v Templeman & Ors, High Court, 19th March 2020
ACC & Ors (property and affairs deputy; recovering assets costs for legal proceedings),Court of Protection, 27th February 2020
Family battle over sick businessman's estate will be held in private to stop his 'violent alcoholic' son learning of it, rules judge who will oversee hearings, Daily Mail, 3rd January 2020
The Public Guardian v DJN; Re JBN, Court of Protection, 23rd December 2019
Re Z; JK v (1) AB (2) CD (3) EF (4) GH (2019) , Court of Protection, 20th December 2019
Todd v Parsons & Ors, High Court - Chancery Division, 12th December 2019
Various applications concerning foreign representative powers, Court of Protection, 8th November 2019
Richard James Bagguley v E, Court of Protection, 25th October 2019
Re HS, Court of Protection, 17th October 2019
DXW v PXL, High Court - Queens Bench Division, 4th October 2019
M and H v P;Re P, Court of Protection, 1st October 2019
Re Various Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection, 20th September 2019
Mundell v Name 1,Court of Protection, 18th September 2019
TQ v VT, Court of Protection, 13th September 2019
Parsonage (acting as personal representative in the estate) v Parsonage & Ors, High Court - Chancery Division, 10th September 2019
Re TWAH, Court of Protection, 21st August 2019
Bashir v Bashir , High Court - Chancery Division, 18th July 2019
FL v MJL (By His Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor), Court of Protection, 10th July 2019
Lawson, Mottram and Hopton (appointment of personal welfare deputies) (Rev 1), Court of Protection, 25th June 2019
TB v KB and LH (Capacity to Conduct Proceedings), Court of Protection, 17th April 2019
Office of the Public Guardian v PGO & Ors; Re BGO, Court of Protection, 5th April 2019
NKR & Anor v The Thomson Snell and Passmore Trust Corporation Ltd; Re MBR, Court of Protection, 21st March 2019
PBM v TGT & X Local Authority, Court of Protection, 8th March 2019
Ninian v Findlay and others, High Court - Chancery Division, 21st February 2019
DM v Dorset County Council, Court of Protection, 11th February 2019
LCN v KF & Ors, Court of Protection, 3rd January 2019
Whittaker v Hancock & Ors, Chancery Division, 14th December 2018
The Public Guardian v DA & Ors, Court of Protection, 5th October 2018
The London Borough of Enfield v Matrix Deputies Ltd & Anor, Court of Protection, 24th September 2018
London Borough of Hounslow v A Father & Mother, Court of Protection, 21st September 2018
Re SH, Court of Protection, 17th September 2018
A (A Patient, Now Deceased), Re (No 3), Court of Protection, 13th July 2018
Re Z; OO v AB & Ors, Court of Protection, 21st June 2018
Purvis v Purvis, Chancery Division, 11th May 2018
Re HH (attorney's application for retrospective approval), Court of Protection, 8th May 2018
Carer who guided pen of dying millionaire as he signed over half his fortune is stripped of windfall, The Telegraph, 30th April 2018
Nutt v Nutt, Chancery Division, 19th April 2018
BC v JMA & Ors, Court of Protection, 16th April 2018
Re AR, Court of Protection, 28th March 2018
ET v JP & Ors, Chancery Division, 28th March 2018
Re JMK, Court of Protection, 13th March 2018
Re Various Incapacitated Persons (Appointment of Trust Corporations as Deputies), Court of Protection, 25th January 2018
Raymond James v Karen James, Chancery Division, 19th January 2018
Re DMM, (Alzheimer's: marriage: power of attorney), Court of Protection , 2nd October 2017
Re DMM, (Alzheimer's: marriage: power of attorney), Court of Protection, 26th July 2017
The Public Guardian v Matrix Deputies Ltd & Anor (Rev 1), Court of Protection, 19th July 2017
The Public Guardian's Severance Applications, Court of Protection, 19th June 2017
Macmillan Cancer Support v (1) Christopher Hayes (2) Charles Long, Chancery Division, 14th June 2017
Re M, Court of Protection, 31st May 2017
Frank Keeling v Stephen Keeling; Estate of Ellen Exler (Deceased), Chancery Division, 24th May 2017
ADS v (1) DSM, (2) JKS, Court of Protection, 24th May 2017
Re PP, Court of Protection, 16th March 2017
Wilson v Lassman, Chancery Division, 7th March 2017
White v Philips, Chancery Division, 27th February 2017
Kunicki & Anor v Hayward, Chancery Division, 16th December 2016
Re J (A Protected Party), Court of Protection, 18th November 2016
Re SED; SAD & Anor v SED, Court of Protection, 4th November 2016
Re ABC; Louise Ursula Watt v ABC, Court of Protection, 2nd November 2016
Levitt v Robbins, Chancery Division, 20th October 2016
Re Clarke, Court of Protection, 11th October 2016
Poole & Anor v Everall & Ors, Chancery Division, 19th August 2016
Re A (A Patient) (No 2), Court of Protection, 18th August 2016
Re A (A Patient) (No 1), Court of Protection, 10th August 2016
The Friendly Trust's Bulk Application, Court of Protection, 29th July 2016
Richards v Worcestershire County Council & Anor, Chancery Division, 28th July 2016
Mrs P v Rochdale Borough Council & Anor, Court of Protection, 18th July 2016
Re D; I v D, Court of Protection, 1st July 2016
Lloyd v Jones & Ors, Chancery Division, 2nd June 2016
Staffordshire County Council v SRK & Anor, Court of Protection, 24th May 2016
Re RM; Public Guardian v PM and SH, Court of Protection, 12th May 2016
AB v Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, High Court, 4th May 2016
Re YW; Public Guardian and TW, KW, HF, and SC, Court of Protection, 24th March 2016
Re FH; ARR v (1) SHS (2) SH, Court of Protection, 1st March 2016
Re Clarke, Court of Protection, 22nd February 2016
Re AH; Public Guardian v CH, Court of Protection, 2nd February 2016
Burns & Ors v Burns, Court of Appeal, 28th January 2016
Re KJP; TB v SP and KJP, Court of Protection, 14th January 2016
Re A; C and D, Court of Protection, 12th January 2016
Re SH; Public Guardian v RL, Court of Protection, 8th January 2016
Re RP; Z v SP and others, Court of Protection, 5th January 2016
PJV v (1) The Assistant Director Adult Social Care Newcastle CC (2) CICA, Court of Protection, 18th December 2015
Re CMW; The Public Guardian v AM, Court of Protection, 9th December 2015
Re LM, Court of Protection, 8th December 2015
Re WP deceased and EP; TB and SP, Court of Protection, 8th December 2015
Henderson v Wilcox & Ors, Chancery Division, 3rd December 2015
Re JW; GGW v East Sussex County Council, Court of Protection, 2nd December 2015
Re AS; YB v London Borough of Islington, Court of Protection, 26th November 2015
Re HNL, Court of Protection, 19th November 2015
Re AFR, Court of Protection, 11th November 2015
Re DWA, Court of Protection, 9th November 2015
Re AMH, Court of Protection, 30th October 2015
Re SF, Court of Protection, 26th October 2015
Re GMP, Court of Protection, 19th October 2015
Re Aidiniantz; Aidiniantz v Riley, Court of Protection, 13th October 2015
Re RG; Northamptonshire County Council v RG, 13th October 2015
Re MLJ, Court of Protection, 7th October 2015
Re AJ, Court of Protection, 6th October 2015
Re ME, Court of Protection, 28th September 2015
Re DGP, Court of Protection, 21st September 2015
Re PAW, (appointment of a deputy), Court of Protection, 2nd September 2015
Re ARL; Public Guardian v (1) ICL (2) JJT (3) Lyn Parkin, Court of Protection, 18th August 2015
Re H, Court of Protection, 5th August 2015
Re FT, Court of Protection, 29th July 2015
R v TJC, Court of Appeal, 21st July 2015
Re A, Court of Protection, 7th July 2015
Miles v Public Guardian: Beattie v Public Guardian, Chancery Division, 1st July 2015
Re CN sub nom GN v Julia Newland, Court of Protection, 29th June 2015
Re OL, Court of Protection, 24th June 2015
Re P; Public Guardian v H, Court of Protection, 3rd June 2015
Re XZ; XZ v Public Guardian, Court of Protection, 19th May 2015
Re NG; L v NG, Court of Protection, 11th May 2015
Re HS, Court of Protection, 7th May 2015
Re MC; Public Guardian v (1) SR (2) NC, Court of Protection, 6th May 2015
Re EL, (revoking a Lasting Power of Attorney), Court of Protection, 29th April 2015
Re HC, Court of Protection, 23rd April 2015
Re SM, (revocation of a Lasting Power of Attorney), Court of Protection, 21st April 2015
Re ED; Public Guardian v (1) JD (2) GB, Court of Protection, 20th April 2015
Re DC; Donna v Martin & Anor, Court of Protection, 27th March 2015
Re CJ, Court of Protection, 25th March 2015
ID (Revocation of LPA), Court of Protection, 19th March 2015
Re AW; DB v DW, Court of Protection, 17th March 2015
Re PL; VL v (1) JD (2) LA, (Objection Hearing), Court of Protection, 11th March 2015
Re BN, Court of Protection , 2nd March 2015
Re DT; Public Guardian v (1) IT (2) PT (3) MT, Court of Protection, 25th February 2015
Re GW, Court of Protection, 18th February 2015
Re SB, Court of Protection, 12th February 2015
Re EG, Court of Protection, 11th February 2015
AMA v Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Others, Upper Tribunal, 4th February 2015
Re RG; Public Guardian v (1) GB (2) SG (3) LB Bromley, Court of Protection, 28th January 2015
The Public Guardian v VT, Court of Protection, 10th December 2014
Re X, Court of Protection, 9th December 2014
Re CT; Public Guardian v (1) CT (2) EY, Court of Protection, 1st December 2014
Re CS; Public Guardian v Marvin, Court of Protection, 20th November 2014
Re Peter Jones, Court of Protection, 12th November 2014
Re M; Public Guardian v M, Court of Protection, 4th November 2014
Re JL; Public Guardian & (1) AS, (2) Essex County Council, Court of Protection, 9th October 2014
Re DG, Court of Protection, 3rd September 2014
Re OB; Public Guardian v AW & Anor (Application to revoke Lasting Power of Attorney), Court of Protection, 20th August 2014
N & Anor v E & Ors, Court of Protection , 15th August 2014
Suffolk County Council v JU & Anor, Court of Protection, 30th July 2014
London Borough of Redbridge v G & Ors, Court of Protection, 21st July 2014
Re AB; Public Gurdian v (1) MD (2) WD, Court of Protection, 7th July 2014
Public Guardian v JM (Rev 1), Court of Protection, 25th June 2014
Re GW; London Borough of Haringey v CM, Court of Protection, 9th June 2014
Re BM, Court of Protection, 20th May 2014
Re MRJ, Court of Protection, 10th April 2014
Re Meek, Court of Protection, 10th April 2014
A County Council v MS and RS, Court of Protection, 20th March 2014
AK (gift application); Julie Lomas and AK, Court of Protection, 20th March 2014
Simon v Byford & Ors, Court of Appeal, 13th March 2014
Re DB; JS v KB and MP (Property and Affairs Deputy for DB), Court of Protection, 26th February 2014
Re ES; Kent County Council and PLC and AJS, Court of Protection, 21st February 2014
Re DP; Public Guardian v JM, Court of Protection, 11th February 2014
Re AB, Court of Protection, 11th September 2013
Re Boff: Ruth Boff and James Boff v Public Guardian, 16th August 2013
NT v FS, Court of Protection, 26th March 2013
Re M; N v O and P, Court of Protection, 28th January 2013
Re Buckley, Court of Protection, 22nd January 2013
Tricker v Church & Anor, Court of Protection, 8th January 2013
Re Harcourt, Court of Protection, 31st July 2012
Re HA, Court of Protection, 28th February 2012
Widow who said brain tumour turned husband into transvestite, 26th January 2012
Re Stewart, Court of Protection, 9th November 2011
Re HM; SM v HM, Court of Protection, 4th November 2011
LG v DK, Court of Protection, 5th October 2011
Re G (TJ), Court of Protection, 19th November 2010
Re S; D and (1) R (the Deputy of S), Court of Protection, 4th October 2010
LBL v RYJ and VJ, Court of Protection, 22nd September 2010
Re RC (Deceased), Court of Protection, 5th August 2010
London Borough of Havering v LB and KD, Court of Protection, 25th June 2010
Re KS, Court of Protection, 17th May 2010
Re P, Family Division, 13th May 2010
Key and another v Key and others, Chancery Division, 5th March 2010
Pitt and Another v Holt and Another, Chancery Division, 18th January 2010
Re H, Baker v H & another, 15th October 2009
Re M, ITW V Z and others, 12th October 2009
Re J (Enduring Power of Attorney), Court of Protection, 12th March 2009
Re P, Court of Protection, 9th February 2009
Re S and S; C and V, Court of Protection, 25th November 2008
Wainwright and another v Wilson, Chancery Division, 13th November 2006
Plowright v Smith and ors, Chancery Division, 13th July 2006
G v Official Solicitor, Court of Appeal, 23rd June 2006
Kimmings v Curtiss, Chancery Division, 21st December 2000
Killick v Pountney and Another, Chancery Division, 31st March 1999
In re Hughes, deceased, Chancery Division, 3rd December 1998
Hanbury v Hanbury, Cambridge County Court, 17th July 1998
Best Interests / Residence / Contact (inc. Court authorised Deprivation of Liberty)
BP v Surrey County Council & Anor, Court of Protection, 25th March 2020
A Local Authority in Yorkshire v SF, Court of Protection, 25th March 2020
QD (Habitual Residence) (No.2), Court of Protection, 25th March 2020
Sunderland City Council v AS & Ors, Court of Protection, 20th March 2020
QJ v A Local Authority & Anor , Court of Protection, 29th January 2020
Hertfordshire CC v NK and AK (Deprivation of Liberty), High Court - Family Division, 23rd January 2020
A v (1) B (2) C (3) D (4) Islington London Borough Council ; Re D, Court of Protection, 20th January 2020
TD and BS v KD and QD (Jurisdiction: Habitual Residence), Court of Protection, 19th December 2019
A Local Authority v PS & HS, Court of Protection, 29th November 2019
Couple return to court in record-breaking dispute over autistic son's care, Press Association, 25th November 2019
London Borough of Southwark v NP & Ors, Court of Protection, 24th October 2019
Re PR (Application under the inherent jurisdiction: Costs), High Court - Family Division, 23rd October 2019
Re EOA, Court of Protection, 16th October 2019
Dorset Council v A (Residential Placement: Lack of Resources) , Bournemouth Family Court, 10th October 2019
Aamir Mazhar v The Lord Chancellor, Court of Appeal, 2nd October 2019
In the matter of D (A Child), Supreme Court, 26th September 2019
London Borough of Croydon v KR & Anor, High Court - Family Division, 25th September 2019
Wakefield MDC & Wakefield CCG v DN & MN, High Court - Family Division, 5th September 2019
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council v PR & Ors, High Court - Family Division, 5th September 2019
X Health Authority v D, High Court - Family Division, 22nd August 2019
DL v London Borough of Enfield, Court of Protection, 15th August 2019
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham v A (Therapeutic Residential Placement), High Court, 25th July 2019
Birmingham City Council v SR; Lancashire County Council v JTA, Court of Protection, 17th July 2019
Sick pensioner wants to leave nursing home and move to Canada, Shropshire Star, 8th July 2019
Cheshire West and Chester Council v PWK, Court of Protection, 1st July 2019
BP v The London Borough of Harrow (Costs), Court of Protection, 14th June 2019
Disabled man blinks at judge to tell him he wants to be allowed to go home, Metro, 11th June 2019
B v A Local Authority, Court of Appeal, 11th June 2019
A North East Local Authority v AC & Anor, Court of Protection, 21st May 2019
Lincolnshire County Council v AB, Court of Protection, 8th May 2019
Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group v IPJ & Ors, Court of Protection, 30th April 2019
FT v MM and RM, High Court - Family Division, 12th April 2019
London Borough of Hackney v SJF & Anor, Court of Protection, 12th March 2019
PBM v TGT & X Local Authority, Court of Protection, 8th March 2019
CB v Medway Council & Anor (Appeal), Court of Protection, 6th March 2019
North Yorkshire County Council v George Elliot, Court of Protection, 1st March 2019
B (Capacity: Social Media: Care and Contact), Court of Protection, 21st February 2019
A (Capacity: Social Media and Internet Use: Best Interests), Court of Protection , 21st February 2019
Royal Borough of Greenwich v CDM, Court of Protection, 20th February 2019
Southend-On-Sea Borough Council v Meyers, High Court , 20th February 2019
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust v AB & Ors, Court of Protection, 29th January 2019
Dr Gloria Esegbona (on behalf of the estate of Christina Esegbona, deceased) v Kings College Hospital, High Court, 22nd January 2019
A Local Authority v BF, Court of Appeal, 21st December 2018
EXB v FDZ & Ors, High Court - Queen's Bench Division, 13th December 2018
HC (A Minor Deprivation of Liberty), High Court - Family Division, 5th November 2018
Manchester City Council Legal Services v LC & Anor, High Court - Family Division, 24th October 20118
Dad blasts Walsall Council after being gagged over autistic daughter's care, Express & Star, 17th October 2018
Re D, (A Child), High Court - Family Division, 5th October 2018
Office of the Public Guardian v Stalter, Court of Protection, 19th September 2018
London Borough of Lambeth v MCS & Anor, Court of Protection, 31st August 2018
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Hill, Court of Protection, 16th July 2018
The London Borough of Islington v AA & Ors, Court of Protection, 5th July 2018
Royal Borough of Greenwich v CDM, Court of Protection, 29th June 2018
Re RD; Northumberland County Council v MD, FD and RD, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Family Court, 28th June 2018
SR v A Local Authority & Anor, Court of Protection, 6th June 2018
Z (A Child, Family Court, 26th April 2018
Buckinghamshire County Council v RT, Court of Protection, 23rd April 2018
Judge frustrated over mental health places, BBC News, 20th April 2018
P (Sexual Relations and Contraception), Court of Protection, 18th April 2018
SHC NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group v LB & Anor, Court of Protection, 28th March 2018
Couple concerned about relative's dementia care lose case to disclose details, Press Association, 28th March 2018
A-F (Children), Family Division, 31st January 2018
AB v HT & Ors, Court of Protection, 26th January 2018
Re FX, Court of Protection, 19th December 2017
Re B, West London Family Court , 6th November 2017
Birmingham City Council v D, Court of Appeal, 31st October 2017
MB v Surrey County Council, Court of Protection, 16th October 2017
Mazhar v The Lord Chancellor, High Court, 12th October 2017
The London Borough of Wandsworth v M & Ors, Family Division, 3rd October 2017
F (A Minor: secure accommodation resources); LB of Southwark v F, Family Division, 24th August 2017
Woman wins battle over birthday visit to grown-up autistic son, Press Association, 30th July 2017
Oakview Estates Ltd v Care Quality Commission, Care Standards First-tier Tribunal, 26th June 2017
IH (Observance of Muslim Practice), Court of Protection, 12th June 2017
Re NB, Court of Protection, 9th June 2017
CD v AR and FG, Court of Protection, 6th June 2017
P v G, Court of Protection, 31st May 2017
Re MM (A Patient); Kirk v Devon County Council & Anor, Court of Appeal, 12th April 2017
London Borough of Brent v (1) SL (2) NL,Court of Protection, 31st March 2017
N v ACCG and others, Supreme Court, 22nd March 2017
Re MM (A Patient); Teresa Kirk v (1) Devon County Council (2) MM, Court of Appeal, 30th January 2017
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne City Council v TP (Best Interests), Court of Protection, 21st December 2016
Woman with learning difficulties 'would be happier at home' than in special unit, Press Association, 14th December 2016
Devon County Council v Kirk, Court of Appeal, 5th December 2016
Re X (No. 2), Court of Protection, 21st November 2016
Lincolnshire County Council v JK (Capacity), Court of Protection, 17th November 2016
Re FD (Inherent Jurisdiction: Power of Arrest), Court of Protection, 28th September 2016
A Local Authority v X, Court of Protection, 25th October 2016
Re M, Court of Protection, 18th August 2016
Re Daniel X (deprivation of liberty declaration), Chelmsford Family Court, 13th May 2016
Birmingham City Council v D, Court of Protection, 21st January 2016
Re Z & Ors; WBC (Local Authority) and Z, Court of Protection, 18th January 2016
Re AG, Court of Protection, 25th November 2015
Re PL, Court of Protection, 15th May 2015
Re MN (Adult), Court of Appeal, 7th May 2015
Clarke, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Sutton, High Court, 23rd April 2015
Trust A v X and A Local Authority; Re D (A Child: deprivation of liberty), Family Division, 31st March 2015
London Borough of Tower Hamlets v (1) TB (2) SA, Court of Protection, 17th December 2014
London Borough of Hillingdon v PS & NS, Court of Protection, 4th December 2014
A Local Authority v M and others, Court of Protection, 11th August 2014
London Borough of Islington v QR, Court of Protection, 5th August 2014
London Borough of Redbridge v G & Ors, Court of Protection, 21st July 2014
Use of CCTV In vulnerable man's home is justified, says Court of Protection, Irwin Mitchell, 2nd July 2014
Irwin Mitchell instructed by IMCA in Court of Protection proceedings, Irwin Mitchell, 19th April 2014
Wandsworth Clinical Commissioning Group v IA, Court of Protection, 3rd April 2014
Norfolk County Council v PB and TB, Court of Protection, 21st March 2014
Re RGS (No. 3), Court of Protection, 20th March 2014
Re Whiting, Family Division, 13th December 2013
Re PO: JO v GO and Others, Court of Protection, 13th December 2013
ACCG & Anor v MN & Ors, Court of Protection, 20th November 2013
LBX v K, L, M, Family Division, 15th November 2013
RGB v Cwm Taf Health Board, Court of Protection, 10th October 2013
A Local Authority v ED, Court of Protection, 4th October 2013
LA v HS and BS and HLS, Court of Protection, 17th July 2013
RC v CC, Court of Protection, 8th May 2013
PC and NC v City of York Council, Court of Appeal, 1st May 2013
PS v LP, Court of Protection, 6th February 2013
Stoke City Council v John Maddocks and Wanda Maddocks and others, Court of Protection, 31st August 2012
HT v CK, Court of Protection, 3rd August 2012
A County Council v E & K, Court of Protection, 9th July 2012
DL v A Local Authority, Court of Appeal, 28th March 2012
Wychavon District Council v EM, Upper Tribunal, 6th January 2012
HN v FL & Anor, Court of Protection, 11th October 2011
Son wins partial victory in his fight to care for elderly father, The Times, 12th August 2011
Re MW; LB Hammersmith and Fulham v MW, Court of Protection, 29th July 2011
P v Independent Print Ltd.& Ors, Court of Appeal, 4th July 2011
A Local Authority v PB & P, Court of Protection, 26th January 2011
The Council v X (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor), Y, and Z, Court of Protection, 9th November 2010
Re MM; City of Sunderland v MM and others, Court of Protection, 4th November 2010
LBL v RYJ and VJ, Court of Protection, 22nd September 2010
PM v KH (Re HM), High Court Family Division, 24th June 2010
HBCC v LG, Court of Protection, 24th June 2010
LBB v JM, BK and CM, Court of Protection, 5th February 2010
A Primary Care Trust v P, Court of Protection, 21st December 2009
Dorset CC v EH, Family Division, 8th April 2009
Re MP; LBH v GP & MP, Family Division, 8th April 2009
K v L, Cardiff County Court, 9th July 2008
A Local Authority v (1) E (2) D (3) A (By her litigation friend, The Official Solicitor), Family Division, 19th October 2007
Sunderland CC v PS and CA, Family Division, 9th March 2007
JE and (1) DE (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor), (2) Surrey County Council, (3) EW, Family Division, 29th December 2006
B Borough Council v Mrs. S and Mr. S (represented by the Official Solicitor as Litigation Friend), Family Division, 23rd October 2006
HL v UK, European Court of Human Rights, 5th October 2004
Re G (an adult) (mental capacity: court's jurisdiction), Family Division, 26th July 2004
R (on the application of S by her mother and litigation friend Sandra Branch) v Leicester City Council, Administrative Court, 29th March 2004
London Borough of Newham v BS & Anor, Family Division, 31st July 2003
In re F (Adult: Court's Jurisdiction), Court of Appeal, 26th June 2000
R v R (Interim Declaration: Adult's residence), Family Division, 3rd December 1999
D-R v D-R and Another, Court of Appeal, 2nd February 1999
R v Kent County Council, ex parte Marston, Queen's Bench Division, 9th July 1997
Cambridgeshire County Council v R (An adult), Family Division, 20th July 1994
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Case law
BP v Surrey County Council & Anor, Court of Protection, 25th March 2020
Hertfordshire CC v NK and AK (Deprivation of Liberty), High Court - Family Division, 23rd January 2020
AG v AM and others, Court of Protection, 13th January 2020
The London Borough of Hillingdon v JV & Ors, Court of Protection, 20th December 2019
LB Barnet v JDO & Ors ; Re JDO (authorisation of deprivation of liberty), Court of Protection, 22nd October 2019
In the matter of D (A Child), Supreme Court, 26th September 2019
Wakefield MDC & Wakefield CCG v DN & MN, High Court - Family Division, 5th September 2019
DL v London Borough of Enfield, Court of Protection, 15th August 2019
Birmingham City Council v SR; Lancashire County Council v JTA, Court of Protection, 17th July 2019
Secretary of State for Justice v MM, Supreme Court, 28th November 2018
T (A Child) (Secure Accommodation Order), Court of Appeal, 4th October 2018
London Borough of Lambeth v MCS & Anor, Court of Protection, 31st August 2018
A-F (Children) (No 2), High Court, 8th August 2018
Re RD; Northumberland County Council v MD, FD and RD, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Family Court, 28th June 2018
SR v A Local Authority & Anor, Court of Protection, 6th June 2018
The London Borough of Harrow v AT & Anor, Court of Protection, 14th May 2018
A-F (Children), Family Division, 31st January 2018
Re KT & Ors, Court of Protection, 15th January 2018
Birmingham City Council v D, Court of Appeal, 31st October 2017
SCC v MSA & Anor, Court of Protection, 20th September 2017
RB v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights (First Section), 12th September 2017
Director of Legal Aid Casework & Ors v Briggs, Court of Appeal, 31st July 2017
DM v Y City Council, Court of Protection, 15th June 2017
Re P (Mental Capacity Act 2005: best interest test), Court of Protection, 31st May 2017
Liverpool City Council & Anor, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State For Health, High Court, 2nd May 2017
Care home woman to get £45,000 payout for 'deprivation of liberty', Press Association, 26th February 2017
Ferreira, R (on the application of) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London, Court of Appeal, 26th January 2017
AP v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, High Court, 20th January 2017
Re TL, Court of Protection, 18th January 2017
Secretary of State for Justice v Staffordshire County Council & Anor, Court of Appeal, 22nd December 2016
Briggs v Briggs & Ors, Court of Protection, 20th December 2016
N (Deprivation of Liberty challenge), Court of Protection, 21st November 2016
BHCC v KD, Court of Protection, 30th August 2016
Re RD & Ors (Duties and Powers of Relevant Person's Representatives and s.39D IMCAS), Court of Protection, 4th August 2016
Mrs P v Rochdale Borough Council & Anor, Court of Protection, 18th July 2016
Re AG; AG v BMBC & SNH, Court of Protection, 6th July 2016
Re R; London Borough of Haringey v R, Court of Protection, 23rd June 2016
Re DB and Re EC, Court of Protection, 17th June 2016
A County Council v AB & Ors (Participation of P in Proceedings), Court of Protection, 31st May 2016
Staffordshire County Council v SRK, Court of Protection, 24th May 2016
Re W, Court of Protection, 14th April 2016
Re JM & Ors, Court of Protection, 10th March 2016
Re VE, Court of Protection, 10th March 2016
Re RB; PB v RB & Anor, Court of Protection, 26th February 2016
Birmingham City Council v D, Court of Protection, 21st January 2016
North Yorkshire County Council & Anor v MAG & Anor, Court of Protection, 18th January 2016
P v A Local Authority, Court of Protection, 17th December 2015
LF, R (on the application of) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London & Anor, High Court, 29th October 2015
KW & Ors v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Court of Appeal, 20th October 2015
Re NRA & Ors, Court of Protection, 25th September 2015
Re RS: RS v Lincolnshire County Council & Ors, Court of Protection, 28th August 2015
Re AB (A Child: deprivation of liberty), Family Division, 28th July 2015
Re PD, Court of Protection, 17th July 2015
KW, Re, Court of Protection, 14th July 2015
Re MOD & Ors (Deprivation of Liberty), Court of Protection, 9th July 2015
SSJ v KC, Upper Tribunal, 2nd July 2015
Re X (Court of Protection practice), Court of Appeal, 16th June 2015
Bournemouth Borough Council v PS & Anor, Court of Protection, 11th June 2015
P v Surrey County Council & Anor, Court of Protection, 22nd May 2015
KD v A Borough Council, the Department of Health and Others, Upper Tribunal, 18th May 2015
Re G (An Adult), Court of Appeal, 26th July 2004
Trust A v X and A Local Authority; Re D (A Child: deprivation of liberty), Family Division, 31st March 2015
NM v Kent County Council, Upper Tribunal, 18th March 2015
Rochdale MBC v KW and others, Court of Protection, 13th March 2015
Re LC; Bedford Borough Council v (1) Mrs C (2) Mr C, Court of Protection, 13th February 2015
W City Council v Mrs L, Court of Protection, 11th February 2015
AJ (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards), Court of Protection, 10th February 2015
Somerset County Council v MK & Anor, Court of Protection, (costs), 30th January 2015
MASM v MMAM & Ors, Court of Protection, 29th January 2015
Essex County Council v RF & Ors (Deprivation of Liberty and damages), Court of Protection, 7th January 2015
NL v Hampshire County Council, Upper Tribunal, 21st October 2014
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council v GS & Anor, Court of Protection, 21st October 2014
Re X and others (Number 2), Court of Protection, 16th October 2014
NHS Trust & Ors v FG, Court of Protection, 28th August 2014
X & Ors, Court of Protection, 7th August 2014
GW v A Local Authority & Anor, Court of Protection, 31st July 2014
UF v X County Council & Ors (No.2), Court of Protection, 31st July 2014
LBX v TT & Ors, Court of Protection, 29th July 2014
Milton Keynes Council v RR & Ors, Court of Protection, 8th July 2014
Somerset County Council v MK, Court of Protection, 6th July 2014
Liverpool City Council v SG & Ors, Court of Protection, 18th June 2014
X v A Local Authority & Anor, Court of Protection, 13th June 2014
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v ML, Court of Protection, 16th May 2014
RB (By his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v Brighton & Hove City Council, Court of Appeal, 7th May 2014
P v Cheshire West and Chester Council and Another, Supreme Court, 19th March 2014
Westminster City Council v Sykes, Court of Protection, 24th February 2014
TA v AA and Knowsley MBC, Court of Appeal, 19th December 2013
Re M (Best Interests: Deprivation of Liberty), Court of Protection, 23rd October 2013
AM v South London & Maudsley Trust and Anor, Upper Tribunal, 6th August 2013
A Local Authority v WMA & MA, Court of Protection, 23rd July 2013
A Local Authority v Mrs D & Anor, Court of Protection, 10th July 2013
A NHS Trust v Dr A, Court of Protection, 27th March 2013
A Primary Care Trust v LDV, Court of Protection, 18th February 2013
Re P (fair trial); Knowsley MBC v P, Court of Protection, 7th February 2013
J Council v GU & Ors, Court of Protection, 11th December 2012
CC v KK and STCC, Court of Protection, 26th July 2012
Y County Council v ZZ, Court of Protection, 25th July 2012
Re HA, Court of Protection, 28th February 2012
EM v SC, Court of Protection, 15th February 2012
Re GR, Court of Protection, 10th February 2012
K v (1) LBX (2) L (By his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) (3) M, Court of Appeal, 8th February 2012
A Local Authority v H, Court of Protection, 27th January 2012
RK (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v BCC, YB and AK, Court of Appeal, 20th December 2011
Secretary of State for Justice v RB, Court of Appeal, 20th December 2011
Re C; C v Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council, Court of Protection, 19th December 2011
R (DM) v Doncaster MBC, Administrative Court, 16th December 2011
Re Stewart, Court of Protection, 9th November 2011
AB (by litigation friend Natalie Wood) v LCC, The Care Manager of BCH Re AB; AB v LCC, Court of Protection, 6th November 2011
Cardiff County Council v Peggy Ross, Court of Protection, 2nd November 2011
A Local Authority v (1) PB (2) P (By his Litigation Friend The Official Solicitor), Court of Protection, 31st October 2011
London Borough of Tower Hamlets v BB, AM, SB, and EL Trust, Court of Protection, 31st August 2011
A London Local Authority v (1) JH (2) MH, Court of Protection, 25th August 2011
DN v Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Upper Tribunal, 16th August 2011
Manchester City Council v G and E, Court of Appeal, 2nd August 2011
WCC v GS, (2011) EWHC 2244, Court of Protection, 15th July 2011
PH v A Local Authority, Z Ltd. and R, Court of Protection, 30th June 2011
C v A Local Authority, LM, LPM, A PCT, and An Organisation, Court of Protection, 16th June 2011
London Borough of Hillingdon v Neary & Anor, Court of Protection, 9th June 2011
A London Borough v VT, Court of Protection, 26th May 2011
A Local Authority v DL, ML, GRL and JP, Family Division and Court of Protection, 19th April 2011
A v (1) A Local Authority (2) A Care Home Manager (3), Court of Protection, 29th March 2011
AH v (1) Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2) Ealing Primary Care Trust, Court of Protection, 17th February 2011
FP v GM and A Health Board, Court of Protection, 21st January 2011
Re VW; NK v VW, High Court of Protection, 27th October 2010
A County Council v MB, JB and A Residential Home, Court of Protection, 22nd October 2010
YA(F) v A Local Authority, YA(M), an NHS Trust and a PCT, Court of Protection, 2nd September 2010
RT v LT and A Local Authority, Court of Protection, 27th July 2010
Re P (Scope of Schedule A1); ADE v XCC and AHNH, Court of Protection, 30th June 2010
London Borough of Havering v LD & Anor, Court of Protection, 25th June 2010
Re A (a child) and Re C: A Local Authority v A (A Child) & C, Court of Protection, 4th May 2010
G v E and a Local Authority, Court of Protection, 26th March 2010
Re BJ (Incapacitated Adult); Salford City Council v BJ, High Court, 11th December 2009
GJ v The FT and The PCT and the Secretary of State for Health, Court of Protection, 20th November 2009
NCC v KM and SM, Court of Protection, 19th November 2009
DCC v KH, PJ, AH and FCC, Court of Protection, 11th September 2009
City of Westminster v FS, Court of Protection, 9th September 2009
W Primary Care Trust v TB & V and S MBC and W MBC, Family Division, 17th July 2009
Re GJ, NJ and BJ (Incapacitated Adults); Salford City Council v GJ, NJ and BJ, Family Division, 16th May 2008
Appeals against conviction/sentence for ill-treatment/wilful neglect of vulnerable adults
R v Sean McNulty, Court of Appeal, 20th November 2019
Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care v (1) NMC (2) Anne Ndlovu, High Court, 9th May 2019
R v Gareth William Jones, Court of Appeal, 21st December 2018
Kurtz v R, Court of Appeal, 10th December 2018
R v Susan Draper, Birmingham Crown Court, 3rd November 2017
Professional Standards Authority for Health & Social Care v (1) Nursing & Midwifery Council (2) Philomena Judge, High Court, 7th March 2017
R v Indrannee Pumbien, Court of Appeal, 15th December 2015
Peterborough women who abused dementia sufferers released after winning appeal, Peterborough Today, 17th July 2015
R v Claire MaryLouise Strong, Court of Appeal, 4th December 2014
R v Lindsay Kenyon, Court of Appeal, 5th September 2013
R v Turbill, R v Broadway, Court of Appeal, 12th July 2013
R v Parulben Patel, Court of Appeal, 17th May 2013
R v Ligaya Nursing, Court of Appeal, 30th November 2012
R v Dawn Heaney, Court of Appeal, 4th November 2011
R v Annette Hopkins, R v Margaret Priest, Court of Appeal, 18th May 2011
R v Clare Dunn, Court of Appeal, 23rd November 2010
R v Musedig Salisu: R v Enda Evans: R v Sushma Ojha, Court of Appeal, 8th December 2009
R v Hall, R v Butler, R v Bailey, R v Nedd, Court of Appeal, 18th May 2007
R v Jennifer Clare Lennon, Court of Appeal, 28th October 2005
R v Morrell, Court of Appeal, 5th November 2002
R v Spedding, Court of Appeal, 9th October 2001
R v Tina Robinson, Court of Appeal, 4th August 2000
R v Davies and Poolton, Court of Appeal, 16th December 1999
R v Susan Newington, Court of Appeal, 23rd February 1990
R v James Martin Sheppard and Jennifer Christine Sheppard, House of Lords , 27th November 1980
Financial Abuse
Re CMW, Court of Protection, 9th December 2015
Re AFR, Court of Protection, 11th November 2015
Re DWA, Court of Protection, 9th November 2015
Re AMH, Court of Protection, 30th October 2015
Re GMP, Court of Protection, 19th October 2015
Re ARL, Court of Protection, 18th August 2015
Re H, Court of Protection, 5th August 2015
R v TJC, Court of Appeal, 21st July 2015
Re OL, Court of Protection, 24th June 2015
Re P, Court of Protection, 3rd June 2015
Re XZ, Court of Protection, 19th May 2015
Re MC, Court of Protection, 6th May 2015
Re EL, Court of Protection, 29th April 2015
Re ID, Court of Protection, 19th March 2015
Re GW, Court of Protection, 18th February 2015
Re SB, Court of Protection, 12th February 2015
Re EG, Court of Protection, 11th February 2015