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KK v Leeds CC & DK [2020] EWCOP 64 This was a decision of Cobb J in which he considered the rules relating to joinder in Court of Protection Proceedings and the correct procedure in circumstances where the existing parties resist joinder of an applicant, but for reasons which are not openly stated. This was a decision of Mr Justice Cobb in Court of Protection proceedings concerning DK, a 19-year-old highly vulnerable woman with global learning disabilities, an autistic spectrum disorder, and associated profound needs. Leeds City Council ("the LA") asserted that DK lacked capacity to make dec...

In the matter of H (Step-Parent Adoption) [2020] EWFC 86 Cobb J gives a short judgment on an application under s46 Adoption and Children Act 2002 by a step-father to adopt a 17 year old girl (H). H was born in Thailand. Her parents never married and although he was named on the birth certificate the father did not acquire parental responsibility. H and her mother have lived in the UK with the father since 2011. The mother and step-father have married and have 2 younger children together. H and the mother have indefinite leave to remain in the UK. The mother had consented. The local authorit...