In a perhaps slightly curious development in 2020, the DHSC decided that its own statutory guidance (accompanying the Care Act) was wrong in relation to … Read More ›
Tag: Mental Health Act 1983
The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, laid before Parliament on 1 October 2020, and coming into force on 1 December … Read More ›
NHSE-I published on 19 May updated guidance on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the use of the Mental Health Act (MHA) and … Read More ›
The minutes of the Tribunal Procedure Committee in July have just been published and show that controversial proposed rule changes have been abandoned. Relevant extract … Read More ›
The judiciary have been going into overdrive. Since my last mini news update, not only will be reporting upon the vitally important case of Re … Read More ›
In PJ v A Local Health Board & Ors [2015] UKUT 0480 (AAC) Charles J, sitting as President of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) has … Read More ›
In Secretary of State for Justice v KC and C Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2015] UKUT 0376 (AAC), Charles J has clarified that it … Read More ›
The wilds of Schedule 1A to the MCA 2005 are explored in this article to which I contributed under the lead authorship of Dr Oluwatoyin A … Read More ›
Summary The Upper Tribunal in NL v Hampshire County Council (Mental health: All) [2014] UKUT 475 (AAC) has now pronounced upon the application of the … Read More ›
Those readers who have not already collapsed under the weight of guidance and commentary on the Cheshire West decision may wish to have a look … Read More ›