16/05/2024
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Webinar | Thursday 16 May 2024 | 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 Hour
There have been a number of cases in the Court of Protection that consider the legal issues with pregnancy, labour and the post-partum period where women are experiencing poor mental health.
Join us for this session with Scott Matthewson and Elizabeth Fox, both barristers from Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, who will consider:
- Legal issues including:
- consideration of the role of the Court of Protection
- consideration of the role of the Mental Health Act 1983
- when might anticipatory declarations be appropriate in this context?
- A summary of recent obstetric cases
- How the guidance in An NHS Trust & Others v FG [2014] EWCOP 30 applies today and the lessons we can learn from these cases
- Top tips for practitioners
Scott Matthewson specialises in all aspects of medical law. He has been recognised as a leading junior by the legal directories in all three of his core areas of practice – clinical negligence, inquests and personal injury – for many years. He is also well known for his expertise in Court of Protection (particularly serious medical treatment cases) and Judicial Review.
Elizabeth Fox has a background in human rights and medical law. She has a busy practice in the Court of Protection including cases involving serious medical treatment as well as complex personal welfare applications.
In the case of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust v Amira 2023 EWCOP 25, Scott Matthewson represented Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Elizabeth Fox represented the Official Solicitor in the case of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Joanna by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) 2023 EWCOP 21.
- Legal issues including:
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Please be aware that places for this seminar are limited and may get over subscribed.
Our clients will get priority, but we will endeavour to increase capacity where we can to allow all those who wish to attend a place.
Where we are heavily oversubscribed we will limit places per organisation.
Registration will close at the advertised start time.