‘The High Court has ruled that the loss of a client’s mental capacity should not automatically terminate the solicitor’s retainer.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th February 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A 10-year-old girl who was left brain damaged after she was accidentally injected with glue in her brain is to receive a multimillion-pound payout.’
BBC News, 27th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Appeal court judges have cleared the way for a family to continue their legal challenge over the way decisions are made not to attempt resuscitation of critically ill patients in England.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Bristol hospital has apologised over the treatment a four-year-old heart patient received on a ward after his parents condemned his care as “shambolic”.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The case of Crofts Vets and others v Butcher 2013 UKEAT/0430/12/LA and UKEAT/0562/12/LA is perhaps an unusual but important illustration of how far the duty to make reasonable adjustments under disability discrimination legislation goes (now Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010).’
No. 5 Chambers, 4th December 2013
Source: www.no5.com
‘A pregnant woman with “very severe” mental health problems could be forcibly sedated and have her baby delivered via Caesarean section against her will if the need arose, a High Court Judge has ruled.’
The Independent, 11th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Man in court for rare prosecution under The Cancer Act 1939 which prohibits advertisements offering to treat or to cure cancer.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In an emergency ruling in the Family Division of the High Court, Mr Justice Mostyn has ordered that a three-year-old boy undergo a bone marrow transplant against the wishes of the father.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The Secretary of State for the Home Department had power to detain in hospital an immigration detainee pending his removal from the United Kingdom and such power was not limited to a person detained under section 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983. The Secretary of State’s policy on detention allowed for the removal to hospital of a detainee whose serious medical condition could not be treated in the detention centre and did not require that he be released from detention in order to receive medical treatment.’
WLR Daily, 5th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Around 500 patients could be dying each year because of an “astonishing” lack of training in the use of intravenous drips, health experts have warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that the secretary of state for the Home Department had the power to detain an immigration detainee in hospital to ensure that he received appropriate medical treatment pending his removal from the United Kingdom.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A three-year-old boy whose father tried to prevent him receiving life-saving hospital treatment will have a bone marrow transplant on Thursday following an emergency ruling by a High Court judge.
The Independent, 4th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The judge who ordered a mentally ill pregnant woman to undergo a Caesarian section instead of a natural birth insisted that it was in her best interests.’
The Independent, 4th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Reports of a C-section being forcibly carried out on a woman that came to light in the mainstream press this past weekend have quickly made international news.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Police launch a criminal investigation into the alleged manipulation of cancer waiting lists at a hospital.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The ‘hard-working and respectable family man’ exposed himself due to the effect of drugs he was taking.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A group of 38 British people who developed narcolepsy after receiving the ‘Pandemrix’ swine flu vaccine have launched a legal claim against its manufacturer.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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