The WLR Daily case summaries
[2015] WLR (D) 468
HUMAN RIGHTS— Respect for private life— Interference with— Death of mentally incapable patient in hospital— — Doctor having placed do not resuscitate notice on patient’s medical records without consulting mother as carer— — Whether decision to file notice without consultation in breach of statutory requirements— — Whether decision procedurally flawed— — Whether breach of patient’s Convention right to respect for private life— — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8— — Mental Capacity Act 2005, ss 4(7), 5