In a short judgment delivered in April 2020, but only appearing on Bailii in late August 2021, HHJ Mark Rogers made two striking observations about … Read More ›
Tag: CRPD
I set out here the text of a joint statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, and … Read More ›
In Caamaño Valle v Spain [2021] ECHR 387, the European Court of Human Rights hardened yet further its stance that those with cognitive impairments can … Read More ›
An article that I have co-written with a former student of mine, Michal Friedman, has just (March 2021) appeared in the Journal of Elder Law … Read More ›
The Independent Review of Learning Disability and Autism in Scotland’s mental health legislation has published two important reports to sit alongside its final report and … Read More ›
In AC v Patricia Hickey General Solicitor and Ors & AC v Fitzpatrick and Ors [2019] IESC 73, the Irish Supreme Court has grappled (inter … Read More ›
The CPRD Committee issued its most recent concluding observations in September 2019, on Albania, Australia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, India, Iraq, Kuwait, and Myanmar. For … Read More ›
If proof were needed that Bland has politely been consigned to the history books, it can be found in the decision in Royal Bournemouth and … Read More ›
In Rooman v Belgium [2019] ECHR 105, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights undertook an important review and clarification of its … Read More ›
In A Clinical Commissioning Group v P (Withdrawal of CANH) [2019] EWCOP 18, MacDonald J gave a detailed judgment to explain why he endorsed an … Read More ›