The Supreme Court website now has available for streaming the whole hearing in Re Y. Judgment both is reserved and… Read more
Month: February 2018
Mental Health Act review: service user and carer surveys – deadline 28 Feb
The Independent MHA Review surveys of service users and carers are closing soon, the deadline being 28 February. Please share widely.
Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the reform of the DoLS
The JCHR has launched an inquiry into the Right to freedom and safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards…. Read more
Deprivation of liberty in the hospital setting – new guidance note
My colleagues from the doughty 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report team and I have sought to wrestle with the change of… Read more
Independent MHA Review: Stakeholder workshops
The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act is in its initial scoping phase, seeking to identify priorities for further… Read more
Confinement, consent and judicial authorisation for children
In Re A-F (Children) [2018] EWHC 138 (Fam), Sir James Munby P has pronounced upon two key issues in relation… Read more