28 Jun, 2017 No power for Mental Health Tribunals to consider conditions of detention By Sophy Miles The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by Jasmin Djaba (referred to as JD in the Upper Tribunal) that the First Tier Tribunal...
22 Jun, 2017 On EU Citizenship and why Donald Tusk is not the only one... By Susie Alegre Much of the debate around citizens’ rights and Brexit turns on the fate of the non-British EU citizens currently resident in the UK and...
12 Jun, 2017 Law and Ethics at the Frontiers of Medicine and Science By Kate Beattie In the recent cryopreservation case of In re JS (A Child) [2016] EWHC 2859 (Fam); [2017] 4 WLR 1, the High Court considered the wishes of...
12 Jun, 2017 Accommodation: duties and powers under the Care Act 2014 By Sam Jacobs In the case of R (SG) v London Borough of Haringey John Bowers QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, made a curious finding that...
12 Jun, 2017 Funding problems for Staying Put... By Sam Jacobs It's one thing to have a well intentioned policy; it's another to commit to it by proper funding. In 2014 the government introduced a...
03 Jun, 2017 High Secure Hospitals and Human Rights By Sophy Miles In R (YZ) v Oxleas Foundation Trust and another [2017] EWCA Civ 203 the Court of Appeal rejected YZ’s appeal against the refusal of...