Latest Updates
Children | Thursday 31 October 2019
Social Welfare Update: UKSC rules it is not within the scope of parental responsibility to consent to living arrangements for a 16-17 year old which would otherwise amount to a deprivation of liberty under Article 5
In the matter of D (A Child) [2019] UKSC 42, 26 September 2019
Capacity, Court of Protection | Thursday 31 October 2019
Social Welfare Update: Court of Appeal decision on capacity to use social media, consent to sexual relations and residence warns against “silos” when analysing capacity
B (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v A Local Authority [2019] EWCA Civ 913, 11 June 2019
Court of Protection | Thursday 31 October 2019
Social Welfare Update: Capacity to consent to sex: does the test for capacity require an understanding of the need for the other person to consent?
JB (Capacity: Consent to sexual relations and contact with others) [2019] EWCOP 39, Roberts J, 17 September 2019
Housing, Mental health | Tuesday 29 October 2019
Social Welfare Update: Vulnerability and medical evidence
Guiste v Lambeth LBC [2019] EWCA Civ 1758, 22 October 2019
