A cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site where I discuss the important decision of Baker J handed down… Read more
Tag: deprivation of liberty
Deprivation of Liberty Guidance now out!
The guidance on deprivation of liberty which I have been working with Neil Allen, Sophy Miles, Paula Scully and Beverley Taylor has now been… Read more
‘Baby Bournewood’?
In D (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty) [2015] EWHC 922 (Fam), Keehan J has considered the question of the application of… Read more
ADASS DoLS form guidance
The DoLS Forms Guidance to accompany the ADASS revised forms is now ready; it has yet to make its appearance… Read more
DOLS – £25m one-off funding assistance for LAs announced
The Minister for Care and Support, Norman Lamb MP, has today announced that the Department of Health will provide local… Read more
Bostridge and nominal damages – Court of Appeal decision now out
The Court of Appeal has today – 10 February – dismissed the appeal in the case of Bostridge v Oxleas… Read more
Breaking news: Rochdale appeal allowed by consent
In what may count as a rare bit of good news in the battle for clarity as to exactly what… Read more
Mental Health Act Code of Practice now out
The new Mental Health Act Code of Practice has been published, to come into force in April subject to Parliamentary… Read more
Chief Coroner’s Guidance on DOLS [Now superseded]
[Note – this guidance has now been superseded by new guidance (16A) available here. It has been kept as a… Read more
The vexed Guidance about children’s homes – more developments
In Barnsley MBC v GS & Ors [2014] EWCOP 46, Holman J has held that the Guidance issued jointly by… Read more