In Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1377 , the Court of Appeal almost, but not quite, answered the … Read More ›
Tag: deprivation of liberty
In DP v LB Hillingdon [2020] EWCOP 45, Hayden J has clarified what the court is to do on an s.21A application where it has … Read More ›
There have been very few cases concerning the meaning of deprivation of liberty in the context of adults since the immediate flurry of post-Cheshire West … Read More ›
In this shedinar, Dr Camilla Parker and I discuss the complexities of the law relating to deprivation of liberty in this area, and go through … Read More ›
With huge thanks to Research in Practice for making this freely available, Camilla Parker and I have written practice guidance to help professionals identify when … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal in R(Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde [2020] EWCA Civ 738 has held that there are (perhaps surprising) … Read More ›
In this conversation, I ask Dr Lucy Series about her Wellcome funded research, and we discuss, in particular, the long and complex history of confinement, … Read More ›
The DHSC’s emergency MCA/DoLS guidance has been updated today (29 May). Most importantly, additional guidance has been published, addressing a number of key points … Read More ›
The Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J, has written to Directors of Adult Social Services (in a letter which can be shared more … Read More ›
For those who have time to kill over the long weekend, a reminder of the shed series of webinars I have done, including: Capacity – … Read More ›