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Covert medication is the troubling practice of medicating a person without their knowledge because they have refused treatment considered...
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A loving family fighting his corner, scrutiny of the media and supervision by the Court of Protection have created the possibility of...
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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...
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 ....
The Government has provided additional guidance on looking after those who may lack capacity in the pandemic. You can read it here....
On 2 April 2020, Hayden J published a judgment following a Skype hearing in the Court of Protection ("CoP") about contact with a person...
A number of unprecedented powers to restrict and control our behaviour and freedom of movement have been introduced by the government in...
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has recently released a report about psychological torture. Nils Melzer, Professor of Law at the...