‘Young children are being traumatised while held at a Gatwick airport deportation centre that should be closed down, a watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A safeguarding review concluded that opportunities had been missed and made a number of recommendations, while Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board apologised and accepted the recommendations.’
BBC News, 7th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Deveca Rose’s two sets of twins were seen as well brought up yet their mother, who has been convicted of manslaughter, struggled with her mental health.’
The Guardian, 3rd October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been found guilty over the deaths of her four young sons in a fire at their home in London after she left them alone to go shopping.’
The Guardian. 3rd October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In this ‘in conversation’ with Colleen Simon and John Mitchell, we talk about a recently published discussion paper about the ways in which Approved Mental Health Professionals (‘AMHPs’) undertake their statutory role of ‘considering’ patient’s cases under s.13 MHA 1983, and why it is dangerous to think of an ‘MHA assessment’ as a single event. We also think about what could be done differently even in advance of any law reforms that might take place in this area.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 3rd October 2024
‘In UK courts and elsewhere, it is sometimes necessary to introduce an element of anonymity into the proceedings and their reporting, as in the consistory court judgment Re St. Margaret Ormesby [2024] ECC Nor 5 where, unusually, one of the petitioners expressed concerns on aspects of the judgment which might become known to the joint applicant. Additionally, the “medical harm” criterion of Re Blagdon was considered.’
Law & Religion UK, 30th September 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Families are warning the government will have “blood on its hands” if it turns its back on 3,000 prisoners as Labour is set to reject a review of cruel indefinite jail terms, The Independent has learned.’
The Independent, 30th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel De Souza, has warned that more than 11,500 children in England went missing from education over the course of one year, having “fallen off the radar” of their local authorities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In Sammut v Next Steps Mental Healthcare Ltd and Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 2265(KB), HHJ Bird sitting as a judge of the High Court gave summary judgment in favour of the first defendant in a claim against a care home brought on behalf of the estate of a mental health patient for breach of ECHR Article 2. HHJ Bird held that the care home was not engaged in public functions for the purposes of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and was not a public authority. Further, the alleged breach of Article 2 was in reality no more than an allegation of clinical negligence outwith the scope of Article 2.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th September 2024
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Without straying into politics, Sammut v Next Steps Mental Healthcare Ltd [2024] EWHC 2265 (KB) is a case which demonstrates the consequences of the fact that much state-funded care – including coercive mental health care – is now delivered privately. It concerns a man, Paul Sammut, who had what was described as a chronic, enduring and treatment resistant schizophrenia. For large parts of his adult life, he was detained under s.3 Mental Health Act 1983.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 16th September 2024
‘Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been given a suspended prison term after he admitted making indecent images of children. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard he received more than 40 images over several months from convicted sex offender Alex Williams. Here are four things we learned from the sentencing hearing.’
BBC News, 16th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been handed a suspended sentence after accessing indecent images of children as young as seven.’
The Independent, 16th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In the Property and Affairs Report: a guest post updating deputies and attorneys on important responsibilities.’
39 Essex Chambers, 1st September 2024
Source: www.39essex.com
‘In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal on belief and capacity, and both sexual and medical complexities before the courts.’
39 Essex Chambers , 1st September 2024
Source: www.39essex.com
‘A coroner has ruled that The Jeremy Kyle Show’s treatment of Steve Dymond was not a “contributory factor” to his death.’
The Independent, 10th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The family of a Leeds woman who was beaten to death by a man with a psychotic illness have said they are angry at the possibility he could be moved to an open prison.’
BBC News, 9th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Mental health patients are among the most vulnerable in society, but services in England have been under huge strain for at least a decade, with sometimes fatal consequences. A public inquiry backed by the government will focus on deaths in Essex as a starting point, but what is it and what does it hope to achieve?. Solicitors representing a growing number of families who have lost loved ones say the Lampard Inquiry, which starts on 9 September, is as important as those around the Post Office and infected blood scandals.’
BBC News, 9th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools are being scrapped immediately.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother and son whose lives have been completely reshaped by living under witness protection have called for a wholesale review of the system, warning that instead of keeping people safe it can be “hostile” to innocents.’
The Guardian, 27th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A legal business did not know a solicitor was disabled and had bipolar disorder when it decided to withdraw his job offer, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 20th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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