A patient had earlier been given protection by the anonymisation of her case. She had since died, and the court considered whether the order should be continued to protect members of the family.
Held: The Court of Protection had jursidiction to make such an order and the reporting restrictions were to be continued until after the inquest.
Charles J
[2016] EWCOP 21
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – In re S (a Child) (Identification: Restrictions on Publication) HL 28-Oct-2004
Inherent High Court power may restrain Publicity
The claimant child’s mother was to be tried for the murder of his brother by poisoning with salt. It was feared that the publicity which would normally attend a trial, would be damaging to S, and an application was made for reporting restrictions to . .
See Also – Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v C and Another CoP 30-Nov-2015
Application as to an adult’s refusal of medical treatment for anonymisation of the report. . .
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Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.562613