In AC v Patricia Hickey General Solicitor and Ors & AC v Fitzpatrick and Ors [2019] IESC 73, the Irish… Read more
Tag: deprivation of liberty
DOLS delayed in Northern Ireland
In a setback both for rights protection and for fusion enthusiasts, it has been announced that the deprivation of liberty… Read more
CTOs and community deprivation of liberty – some welcome clarity
Since the decisions of the Supreme Court in MM and PJ, lurking issues have remained about the position of individuals lacking capacity… Read more
Deprivation of liberty – appropriate places and appropriate treatment
In Rooman v Belgium [2019] ECHR 105, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights undertook an important… Read more
Full text of Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 now published
The full text of the MC(A)A 2019 has now been published, to the relief of all those who were being… Read more
Who are they? Where are they? ‘Invisible’ locked up children
In a powerful and wide-ranging report published by the Children’s Commissioner on 16 May entitled “Who are they? Where are… Read more
Liberty Protection Safeguards resources page
Inspired (as so often) by Lucy Series, I have added a new LPS resources page on my website to accompany… Read more
All (or at least part) go for the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland)
Confounding the expectations of those who had thought that the stalemate in Stormont meant there was no possibility that MCA… Read more
LPS – a parallel world?
Given the passing of final Parliamentary hurdles by the LPS, facilitated by the abandonment of any statutory definition of deprivation… Read more
DoLS, the backlog and the consequences – the LGO reports
With (curiously?) coincidental timing, given that the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill returns to the Commons tomorrow, 2 April, the Local… Read more