Re Briggs (Incapacitated Person) (Medical Treatment: Best Interests Decision) (No 2)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 2016 |
| Neutral Citation | [2016] EWCOP 53 |
| Date | 2016 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Court | Court of Protection |
-
- This document is available in original version only for vLex customers
View this document and try vLex for 7 days - TRY VLEX
- This document is available in original version only for vLex customers
10 cases
-
Richard James Bagguley v E (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor)
...the best interests of an incapacitous adult requires a broad and often subtle evaluation of a wide canvas of factors ( Briggs v Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53; Re: D [2012] EWHC 885 (COP) 18; Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust v Mrs P [2017] EWHC EWCOP 23). Here the establishment of paternity by b......
-
R (on the application of Conway) v The Secretary of State for Justice
...decision, that individual should be able to access the protection of the court's inherent jurisdiction. 100 In Re Briggs (No. 2) [2016] EWCOP 53, [2017] 4 WLR 37 Charles J granted the wife of an incapacitated person, who was a patient in a minimally conscious state in hospital, a declaratio......
-
Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) v R
...for the relevant decision making (see e.g: Cumbria NHS Clinical Commissioning Group v Ms S & Ors [2016] EWCOP 32; Briggs v Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53; Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust v Mrs P [2017] EWCOP 23; PL v Sutton Commissioning Group [2017] EWCOP 22). Whilst the identified wishes of P ......
-
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership v WA
...(my emphasis), with his own values, likes and dislikes, and to consider his best interests in a holistic way.” 42 In Briggs v Briggs [2017] 4 WLR 37, Charles J considered that where best interests in respect of life sustaining treatment is in issue the “ default position for incapacitous p......
Request a trial to view additional results
1 books & journal articles
-
From ‘Doctor Knows Best’ to Dignity: Placing Adults Who Lack Capacity at the Centre of Decisions About Their Medical Treatment
...his judgment the reasons why it had beenimportant for him to visit Mr B in hospital. First, he had ‘obtained a deeper61 ibid at [11].62 [2016] EWCOP 53.63 ibid at [62]64 ibid at [80].65 ibid at [111].66 ibid at [129].67 Aintree n 15 above at [45] per Lady Hale.68 See also Betsi Cadwaladr Un......