A new (2024) edition of the Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB) has been published. As it notes in the preface: Treating… Read more
Month: August 2024
2023-2024 English DoLS statistics out
The DoLS statistics for England for the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 were published on 22 August… Read more
Article 5(4), community deprivation of liberty and jury-rigging a solution
Re PQ (Court Authorised Dol : Representation During Review Period) [2024] EWCOP 41 (T3), Poole J examined in some detail… Read more
Codes, case-law, restraint and children
An NHS Trust v Mother & Ors [2024] EWHC 2207 (Fam) is a case which throws two issues into stark… Read more
The Court of Appeal, life-sustaining treatment and ‘covert consciousness’
In Re PC [2024] EWCA Civ 895, the Court of Appeal has refused permission to appeal the decision of Cusworth… Read more