In Re Y[2017] EWHC 2866 (QB), handed down this morning (13 November), O’Farrell J has declared that it is not… Read more
Confirmation (for now) as to CANH withdrawal and the role of the COP
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Law Commission Will Consultation closes on Friday
The Law Commission’s important consultation on the law of wills closes on Friday 10 November. I urge you to respond… Read more
New PDs now published (and one that hasn’t been)
Accompanying the new Rules to come into effect on 1 December 2017 (assuming Parliamentary approval), a new suite of Practice… Read more
Mental Health Act changes as of 11 December – regulations and guidance now published
The changes to ss.135 and 136 MHA introduced by the Crime and Policing Act 2017 are coming into force on… Read more
Court of Protection Rules 2017 – all change
The Court of Protection Rules 2017 have been laid before Parliament, to come into force on 1 December. These recast… Read more
‘Teen Bournewood’: Court of Appeal decision now out
The Court of Appeal ([2017] EWCA Civ 1695) has allowed the appeal by Birmingham City Council (‘Birmingham’) against the judgment… Read more
Government’s interim response to Law Commission MCD report now published
Jackie Doyle-Price (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health), in a written statement today (30 October) set out the Government’s Interim… Read more
Safeguarding adults: intersections with mental capacity and mental health – seminar 24 November
The next seminar in the ESRC-funded series “Safeguarding Adults and Legal Literacy” will take place in Chester on 24 November. … Read more
Inherently problematic? Capacity thresholds, the inherent jurisdiction and autonomy
In LB Wandsworth v M & Ors [2017] EWHC 2435 (Fam), Hayden J was faced with a significant problem in… Read more
Assisted dying challenge judgment now handed down
The decision in R (Conway) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] EWHC 2447 (Admin) is now available here.