When can a mental health patient lawfully remain in the community, rather than in hospital, but be deprived of their… Read more
In The Secretary of State for Justice v A Local Authority & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1527, the Court of… Read more
How does coercive control impact upon decision-making? And what can – and should – the courts do when the victim… Read more
The (surprisingly) small body of case-law relating to advance decisions to refuse treatments has been added to by a judgment… Read more
In Bell & Anor v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363, the Court of Appeal… Read more
The Court of Protection braced itself when COVID-19 hit for decisions to be placed before it about the withdrawal of… Read more
In a short judgment delivered in April 2020, but only appearing on Bailii in late August 2021, HHJ Mark Rogers… Read more
In Liverpool City Council v CMW [2021] EWCOP 50, Sir Mark Hedley had to consider whether a woman, CMW, who had… Read more
How should the courts respond to the shortage of provision for children and young people whose needs are such that… Read more
The DHSC published on 25 June 2021 (on a page to be populated with more detail on a rolling basis)… Read more