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

Covert medication - closed proceedings "This case concerns closed proceedings at which the Court of Protection has authorised the covert administration of hormone treatment to a young woman without the knowledge of her family. A is the subject of these proceedings. B is her mother. This judgment is published as a single judgment but Part One follows a closed hearing on 15 September 2022, to which B was not a party, on the Trust’s application in relation to the covert medication of A. Part Two follows an open hearing involving all parties on 20-22 September 2022. Given my decisions (i) to approve the continuation of covert medication but (ii) to end the closed proceedings and to inform B of the covert treatment of A, I circulated my draft judgment in Part One to all parties’ representatives during the open hearing. B was then made a party to the Trust’s application and the closed proceedings bundle of documents was disclosed to her. At the open hearing I gave oral rulings on the next steps in the proceedings, contact, and reporting restrictions, and informed the parties that I would prepare a written judgment on those issues. I then circulated my full draft judgment. This judgment, approved for publication in anonymised form, includes both the closed and open judgments. The paragraph numbering is consecutive over the two parts."

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Subject(s):

Medical treatment cases🔍
Reporting restriction order cases🔍 Older RRO cases can still be found in Category:Other capacity cases

Date: 7/10/22🔍

Court: Court of Protection🔍

Judge(s):

Poole🔍

Parties:

A Council🔍
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An NHS Trust🔍

Citation number(s):

[2022] EWCOP 44^B

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Published: 13/10/22 20:22

Cached: 2025-05-20 12:41:36