In a positive flurry of activity, the majority of the secondary legislation (both ‘affirmative’ and ‘negative’) accompanying Part 1 of… Read more
Care Act Part 1 secondary legislation and guidance published
Category: Comments
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities pronounces on Article 14
With thanks, as ever, to the eagle-eyed Lucy Series for bringing this to my attention, the Committee on the Rights… Read more
Judicial authorisations of deprivation of liberty guide updated
The Guide to the procedure to follow when seeking judicial authorisations of deprivation of liberty following Re X written by Neil Allen, Tor… Read more
Re X(2): further amplication of judicial deprivation of liberty process
A quick cross-post to my ‘sister’ site: www.courtofprotectionhandbook.com (which I maintain with Sophy Miles) to flag up the second judgment… Read more
New Guidance Issued on DNACPR
The British Medical Association, the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the Royal College of Nursing have today (7 October) published new… Read more
Brain injury and the MCA – making the abstract real
In a news item that should have made its way into the most recent Newsletter, a group of experienced brain injury… Read more
Scottish Law Commission reports on deprivation of liberty
In breaking news, the Scottish Law Commission has now published a detailed report (alongside a draft Bill) to seek to… Read more
Deprivation of liberty – what’s coming down the line
With thanks to Niall Fry of the Department of Health for permission to publish this, I reproduce here a letter… Read more
Intervening in child-birth – when to go to Court
NHS Trust & Ors v FG [2014] EWCOP 30 Summary In this judgment, Keehan J has given important guidance as… Read more
Local authority deputies – the pros (and a con?)
In Re EU (Appointment of a Deputy) [2014] EWCOP 21 (a case that missed the cut for the August Mental Capacity Law… Read more