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04 December 2015
Issue: 7679 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Mental health

M v N (By her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and others [2015] EWCOP 76, [2015] All ER (D) 198 (Nov)

The Court of Protection held that it was in the patient’s best interests to stop the life sustaining treatment, following an application to the court by the patient’s daughter. In deciding the issue, the court considered the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Code of Practice.

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