An NHS Trust v Mother & Ors [2024] EWHC 2207 (Fam) is a case which throws two issues into stark relief. The first is the … Read More ›
Category: Mental Health
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v KAG & Ors [2024] EWCOP 38 (T3) is a case confirming the hard-edged nature of … Read More ›
It is perhaps slightly surprising that Right Care, Right Person should make its first reported appearance in case-law in the context of an extradition challenge, … Read More ›
One of the most difficult areas where the law runs up against practical realities is in relation to addressing the consequences of a mental health … Read More ›
In VI v Moldova [2024] ECHR 251, the European Court of Human Rights considered the placement of a 15 year old orphan with a perceived … Read More ›
In Lukes v Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust & Anor [2024] EWHC 753 (KB) Julian Knowles J had to consider whether … Read More ›
R (Parkin) v His Majesty’s Assistant Coroner for Inner London (East) [2024] EWHC 744 (Admin) is an important, but curious, case about the limits of … Read More ›
If you have been found by a criminal court that you did not know what you were doing was wrong when you killed someone, should … Read More ›
In Re RM Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 7, the provisions of the Mental Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 came under scrutiny, shedding light at … Read More ›
In Devon Partnership NHS Trust v SSHC [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin), handed down on 22 January 2021, the Divisional Court held that “the phrases “personally seen” in … Read More ›