In Rooman v Belgium [2019] ECHR 105, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights undertook an important… Read more
Tag: deprivation of liberty
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
No more confining by ‘necessary implication’ – the Supreme Court returns CTOs to their original purpose
In Welsh Ministers v PJ [2018] UKSC 66, the Supreme Court has reversed the curious and controversial decision in PJ,… Read more
Deprivation of liberty, restraint, and the CRPD: the view from the German Federal Constitutional Court
In what is about to be a big week for the Mental Health Act 1983, with the publication of the… Read more
Iron logic, coercion and odd outcomes: the Supreme Court decision in MM
In Secretary of State for Justice v MM [2018] UKSC 60, the Supreme Court (Lord Hughes dissenting) has upheld the… Read more