One point quite often lost in the debate about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill before the Westminster… Read more
The Department for Education has published an updated version of Working Together to Safeguard Children (‘Working Together’), the statutory guidance… Read more
Assisted dying and the duty to secure life under Article 2 ECHR With grateful thanks to the Socio-Legal Studies Association… Read more
Personal welfare deputyship cases are like buses – you wait ages, and then three come along all at once. After… Read more
Re XY [2025] EWCOP 55 (T2)[1] is an important decision about the powers of welfare deputies. The specific facts of… Read more
Dame Louise Casey, leading an independent commission into adult social care, has recently (3 March) written to the Secretary of… Read more
In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Beverley Samways, we talk about the scoping review she has led on to review… Read more
The March 2026 report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty… Read more
The Court of Appeal in Townsend v Epsom & Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust [2026] EWCA Civ 195 has handed… Read more
The Assisted Dying (Jersey) Law has been adopted by the States of Jersey. Because of the complex relationship between Jersey… Read more