Is depriving a person of their mobile phone depriving them of their liberty? That was the very 21st century question… Read more
In DY v A City Council & Anor [2022] EWCOP 51, Judd J has tackled head on the perennially difficult… Read more
When can a mental health patient lawfully remain in the community, rather than in hospital, but be deprived of their… Read more
How should the courts respond to the shortage of provision for children and young people whose needs are such that… Read more
What happens when the paperwork authorising a deprivation of liberty under the DoLS regime repeatedly refers to the wrong person? … Read more
LB Haringey v Emile [2020] MHLO (CC)[1] is a rare example of a contested determination of damages for deprivation of liberty… Read more
In Re AEL [2021] EWCOP 9, SJ Hilder considered very strong objections levelled by a family member to the idea… Read more
In Devon Partnership NHS Trust v SSHC [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin), handed down on 22 January 2021, the Divisional Court has… Read more
In Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1377 , the Court of Appeal almost,… Read more
In DP v LB Hillingdon [2020] EWCOP 45, Hayden J has clarified what the court is to do on an… Read more