The case name – Re RK (Capacity; Contact; Inherent Jurisdiction) [2023] EWCOP 37 – helpfully captures what this difficult case was about. It concerned RK … Read More ›
Tag: inherent jurisdiction
A Health and Social Care Trust v JU [2023] NIFam 12 provides an interesting take on the extent of positive obligations under Article 2 ECHR … Read More ›
In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Dr Kevin Ariyo about the research that he led (as part of the as part of the … Read More ›
In this conversation, I talk to Dr Bev Clough about her new book, The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law Moving Beyond Binaries, and dig into two … Read More ›
When can a mental health patient lawfully remain in the community, rather than in hospital, but be deprived of their liberty there? In 2018, the … Read More ›
How does coercive control impact upon decision-making? And what can – and should – the courts do when the victim of coercive control cannot countenance … Read More ›
How should the courts respond to the shortage of provision for children and young people whose needs are such that they require special limitations on … Read More ›
In Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1377 , the Court of Appeal almost, but not quite, answered the … Read More ›
In this shedinar, I look at the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court as it relates to adults. This is a complicated area and I … Read More ›
The 39 Essex Chambers inherent jurisdiction guidance note has been updated to take account of the continuing stream of (frequently inconsistent) case-law in this area. … Read More ›