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Bailii COP cases

• The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v YD & Ors (Refusal of Withdrawal of Treatment) [2025] EWCOP 31 (T3) (12 August 2025)
• Patricia's Father & Ors v Patricia & Ors (Rev1) [2025] EWCOP 30 (T3) (31 July 2025)
• St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MN [2025] EWCOP 28 (T3) (28 July 2025)
• AB & Ors, Re [2025] EWCOP 27 (T3) (25 July 2025)
• AB, Re (Disclosure of Position Statements) [2025] EWCOP 25 (T3) (15 July 2025)

Bailii UKUT cases

• KH & Anor v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & Anor (MENTAL HEALTH (80); TRIBUNAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (34) (fair hearing 34.2; representatives 34.6)) [2025] UKUT...
• AM v Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2024] UKUT 438 (AAC) (23 December 2024)
• OO v Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust & Anor (Mental health) [2024] UKUT 190 (AAC) (28 June 2024)
• SS v Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Mental Health) (Transport - Traffic Commissioner and DoE (NI) Appeals - Repute & Fitness, Transport - Traffic Commissioner and DoE (NI) Appeals -...
• ML v Priory Group Ltd & Anor (Mental Health) [2023] UKUT 237 (AAC) (20 September 2023)

MC Law & Policy

• “There are more things in heaven and earth that are dreamt of in the philosophy of NHS treatment” – a Court of Protection story
• When does a Court of Protection order do more harm than good? Anorexia, the Court of Protection, and the ‘impossible burden’
• Gillick is not a universal test – an important clarification from the Court of Appeal
• Tracking down the abducted ‘P’ – a menu of options for Court of Protection practitioners
• Anorexia, the Mental Health Act and the Court of Protection – a clear route map for cases

COP Handbook

• Transparency and position statements
• CoP Handbook – a new edition on the way!
• Court of Protection Handbook update
• Article 5 and representation….again
• Court of Protection Handbook update August 2024

The Small Places

• Supported decision-making is back on the table! Thanks (again) to the Law Commission
• Five reasons why the Mental Health Bill won’t stop the detention of autistic people and people with learning disabilities
• Fixing human rights protection in health and social care
• You don’t need to demonstrate “mental capacity” to be allowed to vote!
• Liberty tactics: On the rise of ‘deprivation of liberty safeguards’

Masked AMHP

• What’s in the major parties’ Manifestos for mental health?
• An interview with an attempted murderer
• An Interview with a Murderer
• I asked AI to write a comedy stand up routine for the Masked AMHP – and this is what I got
• Hallucinations & the Mental Health Act

Mental Health Cop

• Baked In
• What Lessons Learned?
• The Man on the Tube
• Hitting the PFD Target
• IOPC Contact Deaths Report

Open Justice COP Project

• Timely and effective access to the court:  Four case studies with judges struggling to deliver on transparency
• Commentary on Re YD (Refusal of Withdrawal of Treatment) [2025] EWCOP 31 (T3)
• My first experience of being an in-person observer at First Avenue House (London): HHJ Beckley decides on where P should live and receive care
• Sentencing in contempt proceedings: Punishment and coercion in a case before Lieven J
• The problem with Motability Hire Agreements: A Deputy’s concerns in the COP