The Government has today (21 March 2024) published its response to the report of the Joint Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill, published in … Read More ›
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In Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v PW & Anor [2024] EWCOP 16, Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation (“IMTC”) had been appointed as property and affairs deputy … Read More ›
In a recent report, entitled A Hidden Crisis, Age UK has highlighted the extent of the problems with DoLS, setting out the results of qualitative … Read More ›
The Civil Justice Council has published a consultation on Procedure for Determining Mental Capacity in Civil Proceedings which is shortly to close, at 17 March 2024 … Read More ›
Lieven J is proving herself the spiritual successor to Mostyn J as regards challenging Cheshire West. In order to make this assertion good, we need … Read More ›
The case of Wareham v Betsi Cadwaladar University Health Board & Ors [2024] EWCOP 15 concerns a 36 year old autistic woman, Laura Wareham, who … Read More ›
The very difficult case of Rotherham and Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust v NR & Anor [2024] EWCOP 17 concerned a pregnant woman, … Read More ›
Not enough judgments of District Judges are published. This is in part because very many decisions that they make are set out in oral judgments, … Read More ›
In light of the publication of the Westminster Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee’s (very good) report on assisted dying / assisted suicide on 29 … Read More ›
If you have been found by a criminal court that you did not know what you were doing was wrong when you killed someone, should … Read More ›