“William Tautz, barrister of Tooks Chambers, examines the fundamental challenge to psychiatric diagnosis recently announced by the British Psychological Association and explores its implications for the instruction and cross-examination of expert witnesses in a post-streamlined PLO world.”
Family Law Week, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A student is to be detained indefinitely in Broadmoor secure hospital for killing an arts expert who blogged as Professor Whitestick.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The patient in this case was a 37 year old highly intelligent graduate who worked in IT. For the past 8 years she presented with symptoms which were diagnosed as those of bi-polar disorder. She had been detained under compulsory or similar powers at various times in Italy, in France and here in England.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 24th May 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A pregnant woman with severe mental health problems is expected to have an abortion after a High Court judge ruled that she was capable of making the decision.”
The Independent, 21st May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two people with mental health problems, who claimed the test for sickness benefit would discriminate against them, have won their legal challenge.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge has been asked to decide if a man who suffers from a chronic mental illness should be treated for possible testicular cancer after he refused the treatment recommended by doctors.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A pregnant woman suffering from ‘severe’ mental health problems has made an impassioned plea to a High Court judge, asking that she be granted an abortion.”
The Independent, 20th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“SL v Westminster [2013] UKSC 27 is a very important case concerning the meaning of ‘care and attention’ in the context of s.21, National Assitance Act 1948.”
NearlyLegal, 20th May 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“A man who beheaded a restaurant manager will not have his 19-year sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 17th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The test for whether a person had capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to decide was specific to the decision in question in its particular factual matrix and context.”
WLR Daily, 1st May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Hotak v Southwark LBC [2013] EWCA Civ 515 concerned a short point on whether an authority was entitled to have regard to the assistance that a homeless person would receive, in the event he became homeless, when determining whether he was vulnerable or not.”
NearlyLegal, 15th May 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“A carpet fitter who smothered his frail mother to death after she threatened to write him out of her will has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years.”
The Independent, 15th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The issue of identifying mental impairment in relation to a defendant is one which requires careful thought, skill and tact from the criminal practitioner. Practical examples of the way in which these conditions may manifest themselves are useful. A purely academic approach may not be sufficient when dealing with the vulnerable clients that might be encountered.”
One Inner Temple Lane, 8th May 2013
Source: www.1itl.com
SL (FC) (Respondent) v Westminster City Council (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 27 | UKSC 2011/0229 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 9th May 2013
“It may seem strange that the same individual, with learning difficulties, can be considered to have capacity to marry, but not the capacity to decide whether to live with the person they have espoused. What, in essence, is marriage, that puts it on such a different footing to informal cohabitation?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th May 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Freedom of Information request reveals extent of stun-gun use by police in psychiatric wards.”
The Independent, 7th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Government plans to allow private companies to run parts of the probation service, to be unveiled on Wednesday, have sparked concerns about the future supervision of offenders with serious mental health issues.”
The Guardian, 5th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Coombs v North Dorset NHS Primary Care Trust and another: [2013] EWCA Civ 471; [2013] WLR (D) 158
“There was nothing inherent in the structure or wording of the Mental Health Act 1983 or the National Health Service Act 2006, and nothing by way of public policy, to exclude the possibility of a person detained under a provision of the 1983 Act from paying or contributing to the cost of his treatment or care.”
WLR Daily, 30th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Lane v Kensington & Chelsea Royal London Borough Council (19 April 2013) – extempore judgement by Sir Raymond Jack QBD.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Strasbourg Court has ruled that a terrorist suspect detained in the United Kingdom’s Broadmoor hospital should not be extradited to the United States because of the risk that his mental condition would deteriorate there.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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