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Best interests, wishes and feelings and the Court of Protection 2015-2020 – new article
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Case (Coronavirus vaccination). NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG v CR [2021] EWCOP 19
— CR lacked capacity in relation to the coronavirus vaccination and it was not possible to determine his wishes and feelings. The Court of Protection decided it was in his best interests to have the vaccination, based on the orthodox view of its benefits, and rejecting family members' objections. The relief sought by the CCG […]
Mental Health Tribunal coronavirus Practice Direction. Amended Pilot Practice Direction: Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health) (18/3/21)
— This extends Amended Pilot Practice Direction: Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health) (Coronavirus, 14/9/20) with amendments to 18/9/21. The non-trivial amendments are: (1) A new heading "Disposal of proceedings on the papers" stating "5. The tribunal shall observe the requirements of rule 5A and rule 35 in cases […]
Coronavirus tribunal composition (non-MH). Amended Pilot Practice Direction: Panel Composition in the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal (18/3/21)
— This extends Amended Pilot Practice Direction: Panel Composition in the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal (Coronavirus, 14/9/20) until 18/9/21, with the removal of paragraph 8 ("Involvement of Non-Legal Members not on a panel: If the composition arrangements for a case are altered from what they would have been under the Standard Composition Arrangements, […]
Tribunal coronavirus Practice Direction. Amended General Pilot Practice Direction: Contingency Arrangements in the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal (18/3/21)
— This extends Amended General Pilot Practice Direction: Contingency Arrangements in the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal (Coronavirus, 14/9/20) until 18/9/21 with minor amendments. The amendments are: (a) additional words in paragraph 3 ("This Practice Direction applies to all appeals, applications and other proceedings..."); (b) paragraph 7A refers to "courtroom" instead of "hearing room"; […]
Case (Section 37/41 or s45A). R v Lall [2021] EWCA Crim 404
— The Attorney General unsuccessfully sought leave to refer the s37/41 sentence to the Court of Appeal as being unduly lenient, arguing that the correct order should have been life imprisonment with a s45A direction.

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