Hearings
England & Wales
20 Sep 2017 [2017] EWCOP 19; [2018] 1 WLR 465; [2018] 2 All ER 551; [2017] WLR (D) 615, Ct of Protection (Peter Jackson J)
In re M (Incapacitated Person: Withdrawal of Treatment)
Additional names
M v A Hospital
Subject Matter
MENTAL DISORDER — Incapable person — Best interests — Incapacitated person in minimally conscious state in hospital — Application for declaration that withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in incapacitated person’s best interests — Whether treatment to be withdrawn — Whether legal proceedings required where no dispute as to treatment — Whether necessary to appoint Official Solicitor as litigation friend — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 2 — Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9), s 5 — Court of Protection Rules 2007 (SI 2007/1744), r 140, Practice Direction 9E
[2017] EWCOP 19; [2018] 1 WLR 465; [2018] 2 All ER 551; [2017] WLR (D) 615, Ct of Protection