The minutes of the Tribunal Procedure Committee in July have just been published and show that controversial proposed rule changes… Read more
Tag: Mental Health Act 1983
Next month’s newsletter is getting longer and longer
The judiciary have been going into overdrive. Since my last mini news update, not only will be reporting upon the… Read more
Charles J on a roll – now for CTOs
In PJ v A Local Health Board & Ors [2015] UKUT 0480 (AAC) Charles J, sitting as President of the Upper… Read more
Conditional discharge and DOLS – sanity prevails
In Secretary of State for Justice v KC and C Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2015] UKUT 0376 (AAC), Charles… Read more
Addressing the Conundrum: the MCA or the MHA?
The wilds of Schedule 1A to the MCA 2005 are explored in this article to which I contributed under the lead… Read more
Guardianship and Cheshire West
Summary The Upper Tribunal in NL v Hampshire County Council (Mental health: All) [2014] UKUT 475 (AAC) has now pronounced… Read more
Deprivation of liberty in a hospital setting
Those readers who have not already collapsed under the weight of guidance and commentary on the Cheshire West decision may… Read more