United Kingdom, Canada - January 18 2021
Judgment has today been handed down In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2) 2021 EWHC 65 (Fam) an essential read for the law on consent to medical...
Claire Watson.
United Kingdom - December 3 2020
The decision in AMDC -v- AG & Anor 2020 sets out the importance of implementing a thorough and structured process in dealing with capacity...
Joanna Trewin, Leah Selkirk, Ben Troke, Leila Souss, Sharon Thomas (Wilson).
United Kingdom - October 14 2020
The recent Court of Appeal decision in Maguire 2020 EWCA Civ 738 addressed whether The State’s procedural obligations under Article 2 of the ECHR...
Joanna Trewin, Emma Galland, Kate Fawell-Comley, Ben Troke, Sharon Thomas (Wilson).
United Kingdom - October 6 2020
The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 were laid before parliament on 1 October 2020 and...
Joanna Trewin, Ben Troke, Sharon Thomas (Wilson).
United Kingdom - July 16 2020
The implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in October 2020 has now officially been abandoned. The timescale now is to ‘aim for’...
Joanna Trewin, Ben Troke, Sharon Thomas (Wilson).