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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards will be effective from April 2009

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 16 2008

The introduction of the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards has been delayed until April 2009

Private home, public function?

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 30 2007

In YL v Birmingham City Council and others the House of Lords considered the applicability of the Human Rights Act 1998 to the activities of a private care home

Reform of the coroner at long last?

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 5 2009

There has been chat about this for some time

Care costs and claims - who pays?

  • DMH Stallard LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 25 2008

The high cost of long-term care in the UK is a well-known problem to anyone responsible for funding it

Army proper identification of psychiatric condition

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 31 2008

During the course of varying postings in the army, the Claimant witnessed horrific sights and was frequently exposed to mortal danger

Regulatory proceedings and property rights: revisited

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 19 2007

The Court of Appeal has reversed the decision of the High Court in R (Malik) v Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust and others 2006 EWHC 487, in which Mr Justice Collins held that a decision by a Primary Care Trust to suspend a doctor from the medical performers list, as part of professional disciplinary processes, was an unjustified interference with the doctor's rights under Article 1 of the First Protocol (the right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions) ("A1P1"

Preventing double recovery: payments by a local authority towards the care costs of a personal injury claimant are relevant when assessing loss

  • Kennedys
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 11 2007

The recent decision by the Court of Appeal in Andre Crofton v NHS Litigation Authority will be warmly welcomed by defendant insurers as it should significantly reduce their damages bill

Recent developments from the Joint Committee on Human Rights

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 6 2007

The Westminster Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights has had a busy summer, publishing its report into the treatment of older people in care and issuing a call for evidence in respect of a British Bill of Rights

Local Government and Local Involvement in Health Act now in force

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 8 2008

The Local Government and Local Involvement in Health Act came into force on 1 April 2008, enabling the establishment of local involvement networks (LINks), which will replace patient forums

FOI - mother refused access to deceased daughter's health records

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 6 2007

The Information Tribunal's recent decision in Mrs P Bluck v Information Commissioner and Epsom and St Helier University NHS Trust (EA20060090) explored the relationship between freedom of information and doctorpatient confidentiality

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