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July 03, 2025
PFI - A New Era?
Melanie Pears explores the recent announcement by NHS England about the possibility of a private finance model for capital developments, alongside the Treasury's calls for it to be only used in very limited circumstances.
Jun 19, 2025
The final say
The Court of Protection has provided an important reminder that it is the judge who has the final say as to best interests, writes Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon).
May 02, 2025
Abbasi and Haastrup: to name or not to name
Last month saw the handing down of the long-awaited judgment of the Supreme Court in joined cases on the identification of clinicians in end-of-life cases. The ruling has a potential wide-ranging impact across the health and care sectors, writes Hannah Taylor.
Apr 25, 2025
Transfers from hospital to social care
What are the key laws that need to be upheld when transferring people from NHS hospital to local authority social care? Elizabeth Ridley explains.
Apr 15, 2025
Court of Protection case update: April 2025
Niamh Brennan rounds up the latest Court of Protection rulings of interest to practitioners.
Mar 19, 2025
Issuing proceedings in best interests cases
Katie Viggers, Mark Barnett and Hannah Khan set out four key takeaways for Integrated Care Boards from a recent case where a senior judge stressed the “crucial significance” of issuing proceedings promptly in a best interests case.
Mar 19, 2025
Court of Protection case law update: March 2025
Sarah Hutchinson analyses two recent Court of Protection rulings of interest to practitioners.
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The Landmark Listen: Public Podcast – Standing
David Blundell QC, Richard Turney and Miranda Butler provide a detailed overview of the decision in the Good Law Project challenge and case law on the link between standing and timing in judicial review.
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Feb 20, 2025
Homelessness and health
Julia Jones and Julie Bennett look at government guidance which suggests that the discharging from hospital of people at risk of or experiencing homelessness is a window of opportunity to address an individual’s complex needs.
Feb 19, 2025
Capacity, insight and professional cultures
Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) looks at an important new decision from the Court of Protection where the judge identified an evidential divide on capacity between social workers and clinicians.
Feb 19, 2025
Court of Protection update: February 2025
Sarah Hutchinson rounds up the latest Court of Protection rulings of interest to practitioners.
Dec 13, 2024
Providing support for children with complex needs
Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) examines a recent High Court case concerning the Mental Health Act, ‘detainability,’ and judicial scrutiny (and the real underlying problems of children with complex needs).
Nov 20, 2024
Fluctuating capacity, the “longitudinal approach” and practical dilemmas
David Lock KC asks whether a “longitudinal approach” to when decisions can lawfully be made by patients with fluctuating capacity is consistent with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (“the MCA”) and, if it is not, whether there is a better framework that could be used to enable decisions to be taken to protect this vulnerable class of persons using the inherent jurisdiction.
Nov 20, 2024
Update on the draft Mental Health Bill
There are some key provisions in the draft Mental Health Bill which are relevant and will have an impact on health and care providers and commissioners, writes Kirsty Stuart.
Nov 20, 2024
Children case law update: November 2024
Sarah Hutchinson summarises recent Family Division rulings on an application by a father for a boy subject to a care order to be circumcised, and an application by an NHS for permission for NG feeding and restraint in respect of a 12-year old girl with anorexia nervosa.
Oct 23, 2024
Court of Protection case update: October 2024
Lauren Gardner and Eleanor Suthern round up the latest Court of Protection cases of interest to practitioners, including an important ruling on representation during review periods.
Oct 23, 2024
Communication with protected parties in legal proceedings
Abby Watson provides practical tips on how representatives of protected parties can enhance communication, and prepare them for judicial visits.
Oct 23, 2024
The way forward for CQC – something old, something new….
Carlton Sadler and Siwan Griffiths look at the principal findings of the Dash and Richards reports into the Care Quality Commission and the Single Assessment Framework.
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