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Court sets out approach to addressing questions of capacity in deprivation of liberty cases

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 5 2012

The recent Court of Protection judgment in the case of CC v KK and STCC is a very useful and detailed analysis of the approach to be taken when addressing capacity issues

GMC child protection guidance now in effect

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 5 2012

We reported on the GMC Guidance on protecting children and young people in our August Health Legal Update which came into effect on 3 September 2012

Criminal Records Bureau and vetting and barring scheme scaled back

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 15 2012

A series of significant changes made to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (SVGA 2006) by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 10 September 2012

Paediatric heart surgery decision faces judicial review

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 15 2012

In our August 2012 Health Legal Update, we reported the controversial decision of the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts to stop paediatric heart surgery in several hospitals

DOLS: dhDH funding factsheet

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 15 2012

The DH has now published the DOLS funding factsheet 201314 which announces the funding for new local authority responsibilities for assessing and authorising a deprivation of liberty in a hospital setting

Court rules boy's life support to be switched off against parents’ wishes

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 17 2012

In a recent High Court case, the judge was presented with the conflicting wishes of a gravely ill boy’s parents and the view of the medical team treating him

High Court ruling on end of life case for an infant

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 17 2012

Mr Justice Hedley recently heard the matter of NHS Trust v Baby X and others and handed down judgment on 30 July 2012

Removal of baby from mother breached human rights

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 17 2012

In CA (A baby) Re 2012, a local authority relied on section 20 of the Children Act 1989 to remove a newborn child from her mother, M, who was assessed as having no parenting instincts

Steven Neary to receive £35,000 in damages

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 17 2012

Readers will be aware of the highly publicised case of London Borough of Hillingdon v Neary, where the Court of Protection determined that the council had breached the human rights of an autistic man and unlawfully deprived him of his liberty

Assisted Dying Bill and consultation published

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 17 2012

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Choice at the End of Life, in partnership with the interest group, Dignity in Dying, has published a draft Bill aimed at modifying the statutory law for assisted dying

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