Kiran Bhogal
Hill Dickinson LLP
Articles
The conventional wisdom prevails: a refusal to consent to medical treatment by a Gillick competent minor is not determinative
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...
Updated guidance from the Court of Protection on capacity assessments and reports
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).
Inquests Quarterly Autumn 2020
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).
Electronic forms: Mental Health Regulations coming into effect 1 December 2020
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...
Liberty Protection Safeguards - delayed until 2022
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’...
