Capacity, Court of Protection, Mental health | Friday 18 December 2020
Social Welfare Update: Mental Health Act 1983 conditional discharge and authorisation of deprivation of liberty under MCA 2005 Sch. A1 - whose decision is it anyway?
Blog by Helen Curtis of the Garden Court Chambers Mental Health Law Team. MC v Cygnet Behavioural Health Ltd and The Secretary of State for Justice [2020] UKUT 230 (AAC)
Children, Housing, Migrant support | Thursday 29 October 2020
Social Welfare Update: High Court quashes Children Act assessment carried out by Southwark Council
AA was represented by Nick Bano of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team, instructed by Morrison Spowart solicitors. R (AA) v Southwark LBC [2020] EWHC 2587 (Admin).
Housing | Monday 17 December 2018
Article 8 and private landlords
FJM v United Kingdon, European Court of Human Rights (First Section) Application no. 76202/16, 29 November 2018
Court of Protection | Monday 5 March 2018
Islamic marriage (nikkah) was valid as presumption of capacity not rebutted; declaration of non-marriage under English law
AB v HT, LB Hammersmith & Fulham, M (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) and MS [2018] EWCOP 2, Baker J, 26 January 2018