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Consultation with Health and Welfare Attorneys/Deputies: A ‘lacuna in the system’ exposed in Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB v RW [2026] EWCOP 10 (T3)

By Samantha Johnson / February 1, 2026

In ignoring her role as decision-maker and failing to consult about treatment, the hospital displayed “a stark disregard for and misunderstanding of the Mental Capacity…

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What’s the difference between a barrister and a solicitor (and a legal executive)?

By Samantha Johnson / January 21, 2026

By Lucy Reed, 21st January 2026 Barristers, solicitors and legal executives are all lawyers, but they are different types of lawyers. There are many similarities…

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Successful application to disapply Section 12(1) of the Administration of Justice Act: Making Polly’s statutory will application public

By Samantha Johnson / January 18, 2026

If Polly had been through her car crash and hospital treatment and recovered sufficiently to analyse and present what had happened to her, then we…