Mar 31, 2020 Evictions in the time of Covid-19 – Renters and occupiers and the Coronavirus Act 2020 By Doughty Street Chambers 1. The Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 25th March 2020. It passed swiftly through the law-making process for obvious...
Mar 31, 2020 All Hands on Deck – the private law implications of emergency staffing measures during the Coronavirus epidemic By Doughty Street Chambers The government, the NHS and regulators including the General Medical Council (“GMC”) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (“NMC”) have...
Mar 30, 2020 Emergency coronavirus powers and people lacking mental capacity By Aswini Weereratne KC Sophy Miles A number of unprecedented powers to restrict and control our behaviour and freedom of movement have been introduced by the government in...
Mar 30, 2020 Coronavirus and detention under the Mental Health Act By Sophy Miles Aswini Weereratne KC The Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020) has now been passed. However not all the provisions have yet come into force. The amendments to the...
Mar 29, 2020 The Coronavirus Act 2020: a (very) brief overview By Mary-Rachel McCabe The Coronavirus Act 2020 was given royal assent by the Queen on 25 March 2020, and so it is now on our statute books. The 329-page...
Mar 22, 2020 The Coronavirus Bill and Adult Social Care By Mary-Rachel McCabe Jamie Burton KC Update 29 March 2020: This post relates to the Coronavirus Bill 2020. For more on the Coronavirus Act 2020, and when the below provisions...
Mar 21, 2020 Disability, coronavirus and international human rights By Oliver Lewis This is a summary of guidance from international human rights bodies in relation to the protection of the rights of people with...
Mar 20, 2020 How does the Coronavirus Bill change the Mental Health Act? By Sophy Miles Aswini Weereratne KC Oliver Lewis Update 29 March 2020: This post relates to the Coronavirus Bill 2020. For more on the Coronavirus Act 2020, and when the below provisions...
Mar 18, 2020 Emergency Legislation - What we know so far By Sophy Miles Aswini Weereratne KC This post considers two pieces of legislation which aim to address the Coronavirus pandemic in England and Wales. The first is the...
Mar 17, 2020 The Court of Appeal reviews the right to silence in cases of contempt By Doughty Street Chambers The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in Andreewitch v Moutreuil [2020] EWCA Civ 382. The courts have long since recognised the...
Mar 03, 2020 Can 'best interests' decisions constitute torture? By Oliver Lewis The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has recently released a report about psychological torture. Nils Melzer, Professor of Law at the...