Hayden J has today issued new guidance on judicial visits to P, supplementing that of Charles J in 2016.  You can read the new guidance...

On New Year's Day, the Sunday Times featured the story of 'A', a 24-year-old man with learning disabilities and autism who has been...

The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in A Local Authority v JB (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) [2021] UKSC...

In R (SC and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] UKSC 26 the Supreme Court decided that legislation which limited...

In a judgment handed down on 23 February, Cobb J concluded that a young woman known as HD lacked capacity to engage in sexual relations ....

“Reforming the Mental Health Act” was presented to Parliament on 13 January 2021, and is the latest step in the process of mental health...

In GL v Elysium Healthcare Upper Tribunal Judge Kate Markus has provided a helpful reminder of the importance of maintaining standards of...

Lord Justice Baker  has handed down judgment in the appeal against  judgment of Mrs Justice Roberts in A Local Authority v JB.The issue...

Behind glass, and flanked by guards, Adolf Eichmann faced the judgment, of audiences around the world.  On 11 April 1961, live from the...

This week has been a landmark one for open justice: the US Supreme Court livestreamed oral arguments for the first time, allowing...

The conditions in which many statutorily homeless people live are frequently sub-optimal. Everyone has an anecdotal story of a family of...

As discussed in this post by Daniel Clarke, Practice Direction 51Z imposes a stay on all possession proceedings. Paragraph 3 makes clear,...