Criminalisation of forced marriage
United Kingdom - July 1 2014 Section 121 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 came into force on 16 June 2014, making forced marriage a criminal offence. In...
Victoria Butler-Cole, Neil Allen, Anna Bicarregui, Simon Edwards.
DNACPR notices when is consultation necessary?
United Kingdom - July 1 2014 This decision did not concern an incapacitated patient, but is likely to be of relevance to readers insofar as it relates to serious medical...
Victoria Butler-Cole, Neil Allen, Anna Bicarregui, Simon Edwards.
The CRPD, undue influence and the CoP
United Kingdom - July 1 2014 This case concerns an objection by a family member to the appointment of a local authority as property and affairs deputy. It is of note for being...
Victoria Butler-Cole, Neil Allen, Anna Bicarregui, Simon Edwards.
The HoL Select Committee the government responds
United Kingdom - July 1 2014 The response to the Select Committee's post-legislative scrutiny report was published on 10 June and is available here. We reproduce here the...
Victoria Butler-Cole, Neil Allen, Anna Bicarregui, Simon Edwards.
Short note: good practice in habitual residence cases
United Kingdom - July 1 2014 Sir James Munby P, sitting in the Court of Appeal, has set out some basic propositions that apply in relation to the determination of habitual...
Victoria Butler-Cole, Neil Allen, Anna Bicarregui, Simon Edwards.
