Sophia Roper KC and David Lawson appear in Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust v. GWS & Ors (Capacity) [2025] EWCOP 23 (T3)
18th July 2025
Sophia Roper KC and David Lawson both appeared in Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust v. GWS & Ors (Capacity) [2025] EWCOP 23 (T3) , where the Vice President of the Court of Protection had to contend with complex capacity evidence relating to a young man with significant physical challenges and a history of using street drugs. Theis J heard capacity evidence from multiple psychiatrists and treating clinicians and delivered a detailed judgment on the subtle questions of capacity involved.
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