Court of Protection

Public Sector Perks.

November 30, 2011

The Devil is always in the detail. Time was when the only civil service ‘perk’ was the tea trolley merrily clanging its way along the corridors of power; they have become much more sophisticated at accruing ‘value’ to themselves. From ergonomically designed chairs to ease the pressure of sitting there all day dreaming up new [...]

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Hyperventilating Over Paedophilia

August 24, 2011

Paedophilia is an emotive subject; banned in ‘polite’ media circles, it has become virtually the exclusive province of the Blogosphere. Every day – as Matt Wardman discovered when he took over my e-mail account whilst I was indisposed! – I receive long emotive e-mails, apparently addressed to half the world; Her Majesty the Queen, the [...]

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Autism revisited

August 19, 2011

One of the defining features of Autism is the obsessive nature of repeat actions. Autistic children are quite capable of maintaining a week long smashing, grabbing, and screaming rage if they are prevented from carrying out some repetitive task that they have decided is essential to their well being. I am beginning to wonder whether [...]

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Another One Bites The Dust in the Court of Protection

August 15, 2011

Dear Legal Profession, What fun! I can remember a time when ‘litigants in person’ were mocked as the ‘afflicted’ by the legal profession. A nuisance. Didn’t understand the system. Not professional. Do read on! This litigant in person was supported by a ‘McKenzie Friend’ – one of those ‘garrulous bar room lawyers’, yes, one of [...]

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Judgment Day

July 27, 2011

Once again, the High Court is being asked to quantify ‘enjoyment of life’. This time the vanishing point has been moved forward from the ‘futility’ of the Bland case. I am at a loss, as ever, to imagine how even those nearest and dearest to the ‘patient’ can make such a judgement. How an objective [...]

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Reform required for the Court of Protection

July 8, 2011

If you were disabled, how much would you want to be protected? The thought occurred to me today whilst reading about the case of a disabled man living in care in one of the Court of Protection’s (CoP) latest public judgements on BAILII. The man has serious disabilities and the unfortunate habit of trying to [...]

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Protecting the Vulnerable?

June 15, 2011

The recent case of Steven Neary is the tip of the iceberg. Mark Neary is to be commended for winning his case, but the grim truth is that he is an exception and not the rule. The last two years have seen an explosion in awareness of an overbearing state. Under Labour, poorly drafted and [...]

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