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RK - another deprivation of liberty case

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 5 2011

The Court of Appeal handed down judgment on 30 November 2011 in relation to RK, a disabled child accommodated in a care home by the local authority

Family justice review

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 7 2011

On 3 November 2011, the long-awaited Family Justice Review was published

Court of Protection refuses to authorise withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration from a patient in a minimally conscious state

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 3 2011

On 28 September 2011 the Court of Protection handed down their judgment in the case of W (by her litigation friend, B) v M (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and S and A NHS Primary Care Trust

Government seeking to abolish the recoverability of success fees

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 16 2011

In 2010, the Government announced a consultation on their plans for reform of civil litigation funding and costs in England and Wales

Revised procedure for contact and residence applications

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 10 2010

A new Practice Direction, issued by the President of the Family Division, now sets out a revised procedure for private law children applications under Part II of the Children Act 1989

Patient matters right to life - claim for damages allowed under the Human Rights Act following suicide of a detained inpatient

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 14 2010

The family of a patient detained under Section 3 Mental Health Act 2007 (MHA) who committed suicide whilst under the care of South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (the trust) has been awarded damages of £10,000 and costs against the trust under Article 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (Article 2), which protects a person's "right to life"

Out of hours deaths: coroner’s verdict

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 9 2010

Mills & Reeve represented Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust at the recent inquest into the deaths of David Gray and Iris Edwards

Assisted suicide the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) publishes interim policy

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 9 2009

The law on assisted suicide has not changed, but the way it will be applied has been clarified by the DPP in response to the House of Lords’ decision relating to Debbie Purdy, who sought a declaration that her husband would not be prosecuted if he assisted in her suicide