With thanks to Victoria Butler-Cole QC, upon whose excellent 2013 work we have built, a small team comprising her, Sarah Castle (the Official Solicitor), Jakki … Read More ›
Category: Case comments
With huge thanks to Research in Practice for making this freely available, Camilla Parker and I have written practice guidance to help professionals identify when … Read More ›
In A NHS Foundation Trust v MC [2020] EWCOP 33, Cohen J has confirmed that it can be in the best interests of a person … Read More ›
This paper, written in June 2020, is a narrative reflection from the viewpoint of a COVID-19 Ethics Working Group in a large London hospital in the … Read More ›
In a judgment relating to the business affairs of the Hinduja family (Hinduja v Hinduja & Ors [2020] EWHC 1533 (Ch)) Falk J, sitting in … Read More ›
The Approved Mental Health Professional Practice Handbook (Kevin Stone, Sarah Vicary, Tim Spencer-Lane, 2020, Policy Press, c.£20.00) This book fulfils a very important role for … Read More ›
Thank you to everyone who has commented in different ways that you have found my lockdown offerings from the shed useful. I have now pulled … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal in A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735 has made clear that we have been asking the wrong question … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal in R(Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde [2020] EWCA Civ 738 has held that there are (perhaps surprising) … Read More ›
In R(EG) v Parole Board & Ors [2020] EWHC 1457 (Admin), May J considered the requirements for effective participation in the parole process in the … Read More ›