12/18/2017 11:57:19 AM Citizens’ rights, post-Brexit By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC The House of Lords' EU Justice Sub-Committee is undertaking further work on "the important question of citizens' rights after Brexit,"...
12/13/2017 12:00:00 AM Department of Health consulting on proposed change to organ donation system to make it opt out rather than opt in By Gemma Hobcraft On Tuesday 12th December, the Department of Health launched a consultation on the proposal for organ donation to be changed from an opt...
12/12/2017 12:00:00 AM Law reform for single parents using a surrogate - one step closer By Gemma Hobcraft On 29th November 2017, a non-urgent remedial order was laid before Parliament with the intention of allowing a single person to apply for...
12/4/2017 12:00:00 AM Call for ‘written guarantees’ on human rights in NI post Brexit By Doughty Street Chambers In a letter published in Monday’s Irish Times, the 16 signatories from both sides of the Border, say with Brexit negotiations at “a...
11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM Deprivation of liberty and the zone of parental responsibility By Sophy Miles The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in Re D (a child) [2017] EWCA Civ 1695 <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> D’s case has...
10/8/2017 12:00:00 AM RB v UK- the end of the road By Sophy Miles The European Court of Human Rights has ruled inadmissible the claim by RB, a man of 41 who suffered an organic personality change after...
9/19/2017 12:00:00 AM New resource on social welfare law in Wales By Sophy Miles With the increasing divergence in social welfare law and practice between England and Wales, all of us owe a debt of gratitude to Luke...
9/14/2017 12:00:00 AM Mental health support for care leavers urgently needed By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC In March 2015 the Department for Education and the Department of Health jointly published new statutory guidance on Promoting the health...
9/14/2017 12:00:00 AM Councils should make care leavers exempt from council tax - but local changes are not enough; national change is needed By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC In December 2016 I blogged about how Hammersmith and Fulham had become the first London council to make care leavers exempt from council...
9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM Interviewing Wards of Court: Updated Guidance By Angela Patrick In May, I noted a judgment of Sir James Munby in Re A Ward, which made clear that the existing practice direction on interviewing...
9/8/2017 12:00:00 AM Parliamentary plumbing and the EU (Withdrawal) Bill By Angela Patrick It is sometimes easy to tell when some things are “deficient” or “failing”. When your pipes burst and you find your kitchen floor...
7/20/2017 12:00:00 AM Sir Hugo Swire: Get social care right in ‘ageing’ Devon and we'll get it right across the country By Mary-Rachel McCabe The Conservative MP for East Devon, Sir Hugo Swire, has proposed that the government should use Devon as a guinea pig for elderly social...