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Court of Protection | Friday 10 November 2017
New Court of Protection Rules coming into force on 1 December 2017
The Court of Protection Rules 2017 have been laid before Parliament and will come into force on 1 December. They revoke the current rules and replace ...
Court of Protection | Friday 10 November 2017
Continuation of life-sustaining treatment not in Mrs P’s best interests – ascertaining what the patient would have wanted
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust v (1) Mrs P (by her litigation friend, the OS) (2) Q [2017] EWCOP 23
Children, Migrant support | Friday 10 November 2017
The end of dental X-rays in age assessments
Maria Moodie and Silvia Nicolaou Garcia chart the rise and fall of dental X-rays as a means of assessing the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Children, Migrant support | Friday 10 November 2017
Age assessment: dental assessments, appearance and the benefit of the doubt
Welfare benefits | Tuesday 7 November 2017
Extension of the Worker Registration Scheme from 2009 to 2011 unlawful
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Gubeladze [2017] EWCA Civ 1751, Jackson, Lindblom, Peter Jackson LJJ, 07 November 2017
Court of Protection | Thursday 5 October 2017
Deprivation of liberty in family home - family member as Rule 3A representative
SCC v (1) MSA (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) JA (2) and (3) SCCG [2017] EWCOP 18, 20 September 2017, Bellamy DJ
Court of Protection | Wednesday 4 October 2017
Best interests - experimental stem cell treatment - wishes and feelings
B v D [2017] EWCOP 15, 5 September 2017, Baker J
Court of Protection | Tuesday 3 October 2017
Withdrawal of Clinically Assisted Artificial Nutrition and Hydration (CANH): Need for proceedings – family member litigation friends
M (by her litigation friend, Mrs B) v A Hospital [2017] EWCOP 19, 20 September 2017, Peter Jackson J