Ahead of the 10th anniversary on 19 March 2024 of the Supreme Court decision in Cheshire West, the Law Society has updated its practical guidance … Read More ›
Tag: deprivation of liberty
Lieven J is proving herself the spiritual successor to Mostyn J as regards challenging Cheshire West. In order to make this assertion good, we need … Read More ›
Not enough judgments of District Judges are published. This is in part because very many decisions that they make are set out in oral judgments, … Read More ›
In Re RM Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 7, the provisions of the Mental Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 came under scrutiny, shedding light at … Read More ›
In lieu of a Mental Capacity Report, the next edition of which will be out in February, and which will have further coverage of the … Read More ›
In Stockport MBC v KB [2023] EWCOP 58, HHJ Burrows addressed two questions in relating to ‘community DoL’ applications that have bubbled away for some … Read More ›
Lancashire County Council v X [2023] EWHC 2667 (Fam) was rightly described by the judge as extremely disturbing, involving the most intense level of restrictions … Read More ›
A Health and Social Care Trust v JU [2023] NIFam 12 provides an interesting take on the extent of positive obligations under Article 2 ECHR … Read More ›
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust v HJ [2023] EWFC 92 concerned the question of whether specific authorisation is required to administer physical health treatment … Read More ›
[In an extremely helpful, but depressing, report published on 22 June 2023, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory analysed applications received during the first two months … Read More ›