Michelle Pratley
Thirty Nine Essex Street
Articles
How does an OPG investigation differ to one conducted by the police?
United Kingdom - March 5 2014 This is the first ‘Munby-compliant’ case for which permission to report has been given in accordance with the provisions of the Guidance issued by…
IMCAs under the spotlight
United Kingdom - March 5 2014 On 14 February 2014 the Department of Health published a detailed report on "The sixth year of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)…
When informality in decision-making goes wrong
United Kingdom - March 5 2014 This decision in relation to costs is, as Cobb J noted at the outset of his judgment, a cautionary tale which illustrates vividly the danger of…
Appeals to the Court of Appeal from the CoP: securing against the risk of costs
United Kingdom - March 5 2014 This is an important decision of the Court of Appeal upon CPR r.52.9A, a provision of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 brought in as of 1 April 2013 by…
Out with a bang, not with a whimper?
United Kingdom - March 5 2014 Ms Manuela Sykes was by nature a fighter; a campaigner; a person of passion. Having been involved in many of the moral, political and prioritising…
