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Category: Deprivation of liberty


The Court of Appeal explains why local authorities cannot consent to the confinement of children in their care

Posted on 29 April 2025 Updated on 29 April 2025

The Court of Appeal announced on the day of the hearing of the appeal against the decision of Lieven J… Read more

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Parental consent to the confinement of younger children – again

Posted on 3 April 2025

The vexed question of whether and under what circumstances parents can consent to (or otherwise authorise) the confinement of children… Read more

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Deprivation of liberty, children, care orders, and overlooked caselaw: a tangle for the Court of Appeal

Posted on 20 February 2025

West Sussex County Council v AB & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 132, concerned a very challenging situation. It concerned a… Read more

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Deprivation of liberty and profound disability – an urgent need for appellate clarification

Posted on 10 February 2025 Updated on 10 February 2025

Another in the Lieven J-inspired line of challenges to Cheshire West can be found in Re V (Profound Disabilities) [2025]… Read more

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“On a DoLS” – mythbusting by a (rightly) exasperated Court of Protection

Posted on 11 January 2025

In Re EM (Deprivation of Liberty, Care Planning & Costs) [2024] EWCOP 76 (T2), HHJ Burrows helpfully busted some disturbingly… Read more

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The persistent urban myth of DoLS

Posted on 30 November 2024

R (Ibrahim) v Nursing and Midwifery Council [2024] EWHC 2991 (Admin) is a case which shows how the Deprivation of… Read more

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The MHA, ‘detainability,’ and judicial scrutiny (and the real underlying problems of children with complex needs)

Posted on 21 November 2024

At the heart of the decision in Re SB [2024] EWHC 2964 (Fam) is the ongoing crisis in supporting children… Read more

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2023-2024 English DoLS statistics out

Posted on 27 August 2024 Updated on 15 November 2024

The DoLS statistics for England for the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 were published on 22 August… Read more

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Article 5(4), community deprivation of liberty and jury-rigging a solution

Posted on 27 August 2024

Re PQ (Court Authorised Dol : Representation During Review Period) [2024] EWCOP 41 (T3), Poole J examined in some detail… Read more

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Local authorities, care orders and consent to confinement – another striking decision from Lieven J

Posted on 2 July 2024 Updated on 1 March 2025

[update – the appeal against this decision was allowed by the Court of Appeal in February 2025.  Judgment is awaited,… Read more

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Recent Posts

  • The importance of complying (and showing you’ve complied with) the procedural protections of the Mental Health Act 1983

    20 June 2025
    As Deputy Master Marzec put it at the start of her judgment in Appiah & Anor v Leeds City Council... …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers June 2025 Mental Capacity Report

    20 June 2025
    With huge thanks to Arianna Kelly for editing this in my temporarily incapacitated state, and apologies that technical issues means... …Read More »
  • Mental capacity and the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

    18 June 2025
    Given the centrality of the concept of mental capacity to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, it is,... …Read More »
  • Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – what do expert bodies say? (And remember Jersey)

    17 June 2025
    I have updated my resources page on the Bill to include the most recent statements from expert bodies that I... …Read More »
  • The Court of Protection and the ‘slip rule’ – a clarification of the procedures

    17 June 2025
    Rule 5.15 of the Court of Protection Rules provides that: “The court may at any time correct any clerical mistakes... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Kieron Dominic Scully v Northamptonshire County Council 11 June 2025
  • AB (ADRT: Validity and Applicability), Re 10 June 2025
  • Oxford University & Ors v AX 10 June 2025
  • Bernadette Rogers v Andrew Wills 6 June 2025
  • Stephen Robert Leslie Cork & Anor v John Penfold & Anor 4 June 2025
  • Century Property (Leeds) Ltd v Dr Jason Aldiss & Anor 4 June 2025
  • N v N (Expert Evidence on Gender Affirming Treatment) 3 June 2025
  • FM v MK 2 June 2025
  • Aina Khan Law Ltd v The Legal Ombudsman 29 May 2025
  • Lioubov Macpherson v Sunderland City Council 22 May 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Yaa Foriwaa Appiah & Anor v Leeds City Council & Anor 19 June 2025
  • Surrey County Council v BC 11 June 2025
  • AB (ADRT: Validity and Applicability), Re 10 June 2025
  • Oxford University & Ors v AX 10 June 2025
  • Lioubov Macpherson v Sunderland City Council 22 May 2025
  • Care Proceedings (wishes and feelings of a child aged 14 ½), Re 21 May 2025
  • R v Azam 19 May 2025
  • 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
  • FW (a patient) v Cardiff & Vale University Health Board 21 April 2025

RSS ECtHR Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities cases

  • CASE OF KRPELÍK v. THE CZECH REPUBLIC 12 June 2025
  • CASE OF Á.F.L. v. ICELAND 10 June 2025
  • CASE OF SPIVAK v. UKRAINE 5 June 2025
  • CASE OF MARTINEZ FERNANDEZ v. HUNGARY 27 May 2025
  • CASE OF N.S. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 25 March 2025
  • CASE OF I.C. v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 27 February 2025
  • CASE OF CLIPEA AND GROSU v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 19 November 2024
  • CASE OF E.T. v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 12 November 2024
  • CASE OF PINDO MULLA v. SPAIN 17 September 2024
  • CASE OF D.H. AND OTHERS v. SWEDEN 25 July 2024

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Job advert. Mind, London/hybrid - Head of Legal maternity cover (deadline 29 June 2025).
  • COP9 Correction request. Form COP9 (07.15): Application notice - Correction request
  • Slip rule procedure. Court of Protection, 'Notice: Correction of orders pursuant to Court of Protection Rules 2017, Rule 5.15: Procedure' (17 June 2025)
  • Case (Caesarean). Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust v AX [2025] EWCOP 21 (T3)
  • Case (Potentially preventable suicide). Re Pellumb Olaj (Islington Council) [2025] MHLO 13 (PFD)
  • Legal Aid book review. Charlotte Collier, 'Mapping the maze: Review of Legal Aid Handbook 2024/25' (Law Society Gazette, 26 May 2025)
  • Legal Aid book. Vicky Ling et al (eds), Legal Aid Handbook 2024/25 (LAG 2025)
  • MH Bill report. JCHR, 'Legislative Scrutiny: Mental Health Bill' (HC 601/HL Paper 126, 19 May 2025)
  • Case (Conditions and review of detention). Spivak v Ukraine 21180/15 [2025] ECHR 136
  • Research briefing on MH Bill. Katherine Garratt, Sonja Stiebahl and Joanna Dawson, 'Research briefing: Mental Health Bill (HL) 2024-25' (House of Commons Library, 14 May 2025)

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