In this conversation, I talk to Dr Bev Clough about her new book, The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law Moving Beyond Binaries, and dig into two … Read More ›
Tag: inherent jurisdiction
When can a mental health patient lawfully remain in the community, rather than in hospital, but be deprived of their liberty there? In 2018, the … Read More ›
How does coercive control impact upon decision-making? And what can – and should – the courts do when the victim of coercive control cannot countenance … Read More ›
How should the courts respond to the shortage of provision for children and young people whose needs are such that they require special limitations on … Read More ›
In Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1377 , the Court of Appeal almost, but not quite, answered the … Read More ›
In this shedinar, I look at the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court as it relates to adults. This is a complicated area and I … Read More ›
The 39 Essex Chambers inherent jurisdiction guidance note has been updated to take account of the continuing stream of (frequently inconsistent) case-law in this area. … Read More ›
In GSTT & SLAM v R [2020] EWCOP 4, Hayden J has come back to the extremely thorny question of what the court is meant to … Read More ›
In Re PR (Application under the inherent jurisdiction: Costs) [2019] EWHC 2800 (Fam), Cobb J has confirmed that applications made in relation to vulnerable adults … Read More ›
Responding to the recent flurry of case-law about the use of the inherent jurisdiction in relation to adults, I, together with others on the 39 … Read More ›