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Tag: deprivation of liberty


Deprivation of liberty – establishing the cost to the person (and to the public body)

Posted on 12 February 2021

LB Haringey v Emile [2020] MHLO (CC)[1] is a rare example of a contested determination of damages for deprivation of liberty… Read more

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Deprivation of liberty, family members and what s4B does (and doesn’t) say

Posted on 3 February 2021

In Re AEL [2021] EWCOP 9, SJ Hilder considered very strong objections levelled by a family member to the idea… Read more

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The inherent jurisdiction, deprivation of liberty and out of hours applications

Posted on 27 October 2020

In Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1377 , the Court of Appeal almost,… Read more

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Section 21A, interim declarations and an ALR in action

Posted on 1 October 2020 Updated on 3 October 2020

In DP v LB Hillingdon [2020] EWCOP 45, Hayden J has clarified what the court is to do on an… Read more

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Continuous supervision and control – a further judicial take on deprivation of liberty

Posted on 5 September 2020 Updated on 5 September 2020

There have been very few cases concerning the meaning of deprivation of liberty in the context of adults since the… Read more

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Deprivation of liberty and 16/17 year olds shedinar

Posted on 29 July 2020 Updated on 29 July 2020

In this shedinar, Dr Camilla Parker and I discuss the complexities of the law relating to deprivation of liberty in… Read more

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Deprivation of liberty and 16-17 year olds – practice guidance

Posted on 1 July 2020 Updated on 6 July 2020

With huge thanks to Research in Practice for making this freely available, Camilla Parker and I have written practice guidance… Read more

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Not all deprivations of liberty are equal: the limits of the state’s operational duty to protect the right to life

Posted on 10 June 2020 Updated on 10 June 2020

The Court of Appeal in R(Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde [2020] EWCA Civ 738 has held… Read more

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The long and winding road to the great confinement – in conversation with Lucy Series

Posted on 10 June 2020

In this conversation, I ask Dr Lucy Series about her Wellcome funded research, and we discuss, in particular, the long… Read more

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The Court of Protection, care homes, the rule of law and deprivation of liberty

Posted on 14 May 2020 Updated on 14 May 2020

The Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J, has written to Directors of Adult Social Services (in a letter… Read more

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