Housing | Monday 28 November 2016
Article 8 and possession proceedings
Holley v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2016] EWCA Civ 1052, 1 November 2016
Housing | Friday 18 November 2016
Possession proceedings: approach to proportionality under the Equality Act 2010
Birmingham City Council v Stephenson [2016] EWCA Civ 1029, 27 September 2016 The appellant, S, was an introductory tenant of Birmingham City Council. Following a number of complaints about S’s behaviour toward the end of 2014, primarily consisting of n
Court of Protection | Sunday 30 October 2016
Court of Protection committal application: sentence of 6 months in prison for breach of order
Devon County Council v M [2016] EWCOP 42, Newton J, 18 August 2016 On an application for committal, the 71-year-old respondent, was sentenced to six months imprisonment. The warrant was suspended for 7 days to give her one last chance to comply.
Court of Protection | Monday 31 October 2016
Out of hours authorisation of an operation: Inherent jurisdiction invoked to authorise deprivation of liberty where the person was “ineligible” under Schedule 1A Mental Capacity Act 2005
An NHS Trust v HN [2016] EWCOP 43, Peter Jackson J, 23 September 2016 On an out of hours application the court held that it was in HN’s best interests to have what was a relatively minor operation in order to prevent much more serious harm, and authori
