[The Joint Committee on Human Rights wrote on 28 May 2023 to the Minister of State for Social Care to… Read more
Tag: deprivation of liberty
Systemically failing the human rights of children: the President of the Family Division shouts as loudly as he can
It is exceptionally unusual for a judge, let alone a very senior judge, actively to invite a claim to be… Read more
Is depriving a person of their mobile phone depriving them of their liberty? MacDonald J decides
Is depriving a person of their mobile phone depriving them of their liberty? That was the very 21st century question… Read more
George Orwell and best interests – DoLS and public protection under the spotlight
In DY v A City Council & Anor [2022] EWCOP 51, Judd J has tackled head on the perennially difficult… Read more
In the Shadows of the Institution – the film
Dr Lucy Series has recently written a book, entitled Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution (Bristol University Press,… Read more
A “National DoLS Court” – what it is (and isn’t)
Judging by my inbox (which I know I shouldn’t be checking on sabbatical), a considerable amount of confusion has been… Read more
Alice in Wonderland, or using the Human Rights Act to extend the coercive powers of the MHA into the community
When can a mental health patient lawfully remain in the community, rather than in hospital, but be deprived of their… Read more
The Supreme Court grits its teeth – the inherent jurisdiction, deprivation of liberty and children
How should the courts respond to the shortage of provision for children and young people whose needs are such that… Read more
CoP e-filing for deprivation of liberty cases
HMCTS have announced that: To further support digital working within the Court of Protection we are starting to use electronic… Read more
Legal ice and fast-moving situations
The concept of legal ice is one that I think that I may have borrowed from somewhere (and, if so,… Read more