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Month: April 2014

Legislative developments

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Article 12

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has now adopted its General Comment on Article 12 (Equal Recognition before the Law).   I will … Read More ›

Posted on 15 April 201415 April 2014
Deprivation of liberty

Collating Cheshire West guidance

I have pulled together resources from a range of sources (official and unofficial) on the implications of Cheshire West, and collected them on a dedicated … Read More ›

Posted on 12 April 2014
Case comments

Deprivation of liberty in a hospital setting

Those readers who have not already collapsed under the weight of guidance and commentary on the Cheshire West decision may wish to have a look … Read More ›

Posted on 10 April 2014
Capacity, Case comments

Going the extra mile – a model assessment of capacity

Wandsworth CCG v IA and TA  [2014] EWHC 990 (COP) Summary This case is a model of the assessment of the capacity to decide as to … Read More ›

Posted on 10 April 2014
Legislative developments

CQC guidance on deprivation of liberty

With thanks to Dave Sheppard for bringing this to my attention, the CQC issued (very quietly indeed) guidance on 4 April on the implications of … Read More ›

Posted on 10 April 2014
Book Reviews

Book review: Elderly People and the Law (2nd edition)

Editorial Note See below for the first book review on this site.  If anyone has any books that they think that it would be useful for … Read More ›

Posted on 6 April 20146 April 2014
Legislative developments

Why a Mental Capacity Act Commission (and what should it look like)?

Why a Mental Capacity Act Commission? One of the main recommendations made by the House of Lords Select Committee in its report upon the MCA … Read More ›

Posted on 4 April 2014
Legislative developments

DH Guidance on Restrictive Interventions (and the implications of Cheshire West)

The Department of Health has just published guidance as part of its new Positive and Safe programme (which will apply across all health and adult … Read More ›

Posted on 4 April 20146 April 2014
Best interests, Capacity, Case comments, Property and affairs

Tithing and the CoP – religion under the capacity microscope

A County Council v MS and RS [2014] EWHC B14 (COP) Summary MS was a Mormon.  He was also mentally unwell and his property and … Read More ›

Posted on 3 April 2014
Case comments, Comments, Deprivation of liberty

Cheshire West – the implications for mental health and mental capacity lawyers

I am very grateful to Sophy Miles for permission to reproduce here her extremely interesting and thoughtful paper on the implications of the decision for … Read More ›

Posted on 3 April 2014

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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v PK & Anor 14 May 2025
  • Evelyn Banks v Social Work England 12 May 2025
  • Kenneth Johnston v Financial Ombudsman Service 8 May 2025
  • J v Bath and North East Somerset Council & Ors 29 April 2025
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust v ZG & Ors 24 April 2025
  • Hebda v District Court in Krakow, Poland 15 April 2025
  • Argyll And Bute Council v RF 15 April 2025
  • Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v MC 15 April 2025
  • M (A Child: Intermediaries), Re 10 April 2025
  • Karcihan Meric v Andrew Navis & Anor 4 April 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • The Duke of Sussex, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for The Home Department 2 May 2025
  • J v Bath and North East Somerset Council & Ors 29 April 2025
  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, R (on the application of) v NHS North West London Integrated Care Board 16 April 2025
  • Shaun Morrow v HM Assistant Coroner for Merseyside (Sefton, Knowsley and St Helen's) 15 April 2025
  • Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v MC 15 April 2025
  • A & Ors (Care – Welfare Decisions – Family Placement), Re 11 April 2025
  • Karcihan Meric v Andrew Navis & Anor 4 April 2025
  • Commissioner of Police of The Metropolis v Haroon Aswat 1 April 2025
  • Lisa Cheeley Eis v Government of the United States of America 26 March 2025
  • John Murcott, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice 25 March 2025

RSS ECtHR Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities cases

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  • CASE OF A.P. v. ARMENIA - [Czech Translation] summary by the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic 18 June 2024
  • CASE OF A.P. v. ARMENIA – [Armenian translation] by the Ministry of Justice of Armenia 18 June 2024
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RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

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  • Case (Prosecution of independent hospital). R v Cygnet Health Care Limited [2023] MHLO 6
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  • Case (Supported living accommodation and s117). Cheshire East Council (23 005 368) [2025] MHLO 9 (LGSCO)
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