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Deprivation of liberty must be regularly reviewed
BJ (Incapacitated Adult) sub nom Salford City Council V BJ (By His Litigation Friend The Official Solicitor) [2009] EWHC 3310 (Fam) – Read judgment Where there is a deprivation of liberty within the...
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Are we truly free?
P and Q by the Official Solicitor, their Litigation Friend v Surrey County Council and Others (Equality and Human Rights Commission, Intervener) [2011] EWCA Civ 190- read judgment What does it mean to...
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Severely disabled man’s care plan not a deprivation of liberty – Court of Appeal
Chester West and Chester Council v. P (by his Litigation Friend the Official Solicitor) [2011] EWCA Civ 1257 – Read judgment / Lucy Series’ commentary When assessing whether a patient’s care deprives...
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Government asking for views on civil liberties on “Your Freedom” website
The Coalition Government has today launched the “Your Freedom” website, “giving people the opportunity to suggest ideas on restoring liberties that have been lost, repealing unnecessary laws and...
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A young autistic man, Magna Carta, human rights and unlawful detention
Neary and his father London Borough of Hillingdon v. Steven Neary [2011] EWHC 1377 (COP) – read judgment here. The Court of Protection (“COP”) emphatically ruled last week that a local authority...
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“A gilded cage is still a cage”– Supreme Court on deprivation of liberty for...
Surrey County Council v P and Others, Equality and Human Rights Commission and others intervening [2014] UKSC 19 (March 19, 2014) – read judgment Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC, Henry Witcomb and Duncan...
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Intensive care, and the outer limits of Cheshire West
The Queen (on the application of LF) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London [2015] EWHC 2990 (Admin) Where a coroner has reason to suspect that a person has died in custody or “otherwise in state...
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EU border transit zones and deprivation of liberty: Ilias v Hungary
Amid recent news reports of Turkey’s re-opening of migration routes to Europe, clashes at the Turkey-Greece border, and EU countries closing their borders due to Covid-19, this post looks back to a...
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Enforced quarantine in hotels: a breach of the right to liberty?
Hotta and others, R(on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and another [2021] EWHC 3359 (Admin) This was an application for permission to challenge to the Managed Hotel...
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