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In Knowsley MBC (9 June 2014), the Local Government Ombudsman found the Council to be at fault for failing to have a support plan for a man with…

On an appeal as to how the court should determine an application by parents for an injunction under the Human Rights Act 1998 to prevent a local…

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 has introduced a new section 26H into the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990…

This is the follow up to a decision of Peter Jackson J [2014] EWCOP 454 relating to the question of whether it was lawful to withhold blood…

Between July 2005 and January 2006, L.M., who suffered from a psychotic disorder, was admitted to closed and open wards in two psychiatric hospitals…

In the Newsletter’s April 2014 issue comment was made about the draft Mental Health (Scotland) Bill (amending the Mental Health (Care and…

At first instance [2013] NIQB 77, Treacy J held that guardianship contained an implicit power to prevent the person leaving their residence. In our…

We have covered the previous episodes in this rather depressing story in earlier issues of our newsletter. In very summary form, the London Borough…

In this judicial review, Collins J scrutinised the approach adopted by the Director of Legal Aid Casework to applications for Exceptional Case…

This is the third reported case in these proceedings. The first involved the imposition of a Hadkinson Order on B’s father and the second the…