Medical decisions can be complex, especially when a person lacks capacity. At Ramsdens Solicitors, our Court of Protection: Health & Welfare specialists can advise on all aspects of medical treatment, consent disputes and capacity assessments, and ensure that decisions about care, surgery or treatment are made lawfully and with respect to a person’s wishes and dignity.
Issues That Can Arise
- Whether someone has capacity to make decisions about medical treatment;
- Whether medical treatment (including surgery, life-sustaining treatment, etc) can proceed when capacity is lacking.
- Disputes about what is in a person’s best interests, including balancing risks, benefits, and the person’s wishes and feelings.
- Challenges to medical decisions, including those that may have been influenced by third parties, or where there is disagreement between family members and clinicians.
- Issues around consent.
How we can help
Our specialist solicitors have significant expertise with medical treatment decisions, capacity assessments and best interests decisions. We provide clear, sensitive advice to clients who may be vulnerable, elderly or lack capacity, or those who are concerned about a relative in such a situation.
We ensure that rights to autonomy, dignity and liberty are respected by involving that person in proceedings as much as they wish, and obtaining their wishes and feelings to provide to the Court.
