medical – Charles Cooper

Lewis-Ranwell v. G4S Health Services & Ors [2026] UKSC 2

The Supreme Court confirms that a claimant found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity should be barred from claiming compensation for the consequences of his unlawful killings, and from being indemnified in respect of his civil liability to his victims, by the defence of illegality – ‘the availability of the plea of illegality…
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The Thompson Inquest [2025] UKSC 47

Where evidence was subject to a Public Interest Immunity certificate, ‘the assessment of the Minister and of the Secretary of State regarding the nature and extent of damage to national security should have been accepted by the Coroner unless there was no evidence to support that assessment or the assessment was Wednesbury irrational’ and prior…
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Stockport Met BC v. EKK [2025] EWCOP 42

Distinguishing the decision of the Supreme Court in A Local Authority v. JB [2021] UKSC 52 as to capacity to engage in sexual relations, the Court finds: ‘The approach set out in Sheffield [City Council v. E [2004] EWHC 2808, pre MCA 2005] and developed thereafter enables the right balance between the protection of the incapacitous and a restriction on…
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Charles Cooper | Barrister