Health care | Wednesday 9 August 2017
PKU funding battle: Family wins High Court challenge
R (on the application of SB) v NHS England [2017] EWHC 2000 (Admin), 08 August 2017 The family of a seven-year-old boy whose condition could cause brain damage have won a Judicial Review challenge over an NHS decision not to fund provision of a drug ca
Court of Protection | Monday 31 July 2017
Applications before the court concerning the degree to which a person without capacity should be assisted in observing Islamic religious custom and practice in a supported care home
IH (Observance of Muslim Practice) [2017] EWCOP 9, 12 June 2017, Cobb J The first application was in respect of adherence to fasting during Ramadan and the second in respect of the trimming of IH’s axillary and pubic hair in accordance with Islamic cul
Court of Protection | Monday 31 July 2017
S21A MCA 2005 not appropriate where the central issue was whether CANH life-sustaining treatment was in a person’s best interests
Director of Legal Aid Casework (1) Secretaries of State for Health and for Justice (2) The Official Solicitor (3) v Briggs [2017] EWCA Civ 1169, 31 July 2017, President of the Queen’s Bench Division (Sir Brian Leveson), Lady Justice King and Lord Justice
Children, Health care, Mental health | Thursday 3 August 2017
Sir James Munby: The nation will have “blood on our hands” if an NHS bed cannot be found for a teenager with acute mental health issues
Re X (A Child) (No 3) [2017] EWHC 2036 (Fam), 3 August 2017
