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Tag: deprivation of liberty
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
Deprivation of liberty – establishing the cost to the person (and to the public body)
LB Haringey v Emile [2020] MHLO (CC)[1] is a rare example of a contested determination of damages for deprivation of liberty… Read more
Deprivation of liberty, family members and what s4B does (and doesn’t) say
In Re AEL [2021] EWCOP 9, SJ Hilder considered very strong objections levelled by a family member to the idea… Read more
The inherent jurisdiction, deprivation of liberty and out of hours applications
In Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1377 , the Court of Appeal almost,… Read more
Section 21A, interim declarations and an ALR in action
In DP v LB Hillingdon [2020] EWCOP 45, Hayden J has clarified what the court is to do on an… Read more
Continuous supervision and control – a further judicial take on deprivation of liberty
There have been very few cases concerning the meaning of deprivation of liberty in the context of adults since the… Read more
Deprivation of liberty and 16/17 year olds shedinar
In this shedinar, Dr Camilla Parker and I discuss the complexities of the law relating to deprivation of liberty in… Read more