Family Law Newsletter #31 – Spire Barristers
‘Articles from around the web, Legislation updates and Case Updates from Care Proceedings and Financial Remedy matters.’
Spire Barristers, 2nd December 2019
Source: spirebarristers.co.uk
Category: care homes
“Severe failures” in care led to the death of vulnerable pensioner Leocardo Loney – Garden Court Chambers
‘The family of a vulnerable London man who was found dead more than two months after he went missing from Willow House, the extra care housing where he lived, have spoken out following an inquest into his death.’
Garden Court Chambers, 7th November 2019
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
Children as young as 11 placed in unregulated care homes – BBC News
‘Children as young as 11 years old are illegally being placed in unregulated homes in England, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 19th September 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child sex abuse inquiry: Victims with criminal records denied compensation – BBC News
‘Survivors of sexual abuse in care homes are denied compensation or have payouts cut because of their own criminal convictions, an inquiry has found.’
BBC News, 19th September 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Care home manager to be sentenced for failure to disclose evidence at inquest – Local Government Lawyer
‘A former manager at a care home where a young woman died is due to be sentenced later this month for failing to attend and disclose evidence to an inquest.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st August 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Children in care in Nottingham ‘abused by predators’ – BBC News
‘Hundreds of children were sexually abused by predatory foster carers and residential home staff who were allowed to thrive, an inquiry has found. Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County councils exposed vulnerable children to repeated rapes and physical abuse, a report said. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said sexualised behaviour by staff was “tolerated or overlooked”.’
BBC News, 31st July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prosecutions against unsafe care homes and hospitals rise by one third – Daily Telegraph
‘Prosecutions and other criminal enforcement actions against unsafe care homes and NHS hospitals have risen a third in a year, amid warnings of a growing crisis.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court considers Article 2 inquests in medical cases – UK Human Rights Blog
‘A three-judge panel of the Divisional Court has re-affirmed that, in general, medical inquests do not engage the State’s positive obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st May 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Care home charity faces prosecution over death of teenager – The Guardian
‘A care home charity advised by the internationally renowned mental health worker Elly Jansen is facing criminal prosecution over the death of Sophie Bennett, a 19-year-old resident who took her own life.’
The Guardian, 1st May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Council broke law over deprivation of liberty, ombudsman rules – The Guardian
‘A council deliberately broke the law by failing to properly assess whether thousands of vulnerable people were illegitimately kept under continuous and restrictive supervision by care home staff, the local government and social care ombudsman has ruled.’
The Guardian, 1st April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Care homes applying for hundreds more court orders to prevent elderly from going outside, figures reveal – Daily Telegraph
‘Care homes and hospitals are applying for hundreds more elderly people to be locked inside, new data shows.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Department withdraws ‘myth-busting’ guide to council duties to vulnerable children – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Department for Education has withdrawn a ‘myth-busting’ guide to council duties to vulnerable children and young people after a charity applied for judicial review, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th March 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Government backs down over ‘myth-busting’ guide on child protection – The Guardian
‘The government has withdrawn a controversial document that claims some statutory protections for vulnerable children are “myths”, after a charity launched an application for judicial review, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Colette McCulloch inquest: Autistic woman’s death ‘avoidable tragedy’ – BBC News
‘The death of an autistic woman hit by a lorry on the A1 was an “avoidable tragedy”, an inquest has heard.’
BBC News, 21st March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Care home ‘neglect’ contributed to teenager’s death, inquest rules – The Guardian
‘Neglect at a care home that had descended into “chaos” amid cost-cutting contributed to the death of Sophie Bennett, a mentally ill 19-year old, an inquest jury has ruled.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Teenager killed herself after changes at mental care home, inquest told – The Guardian
‘A teenager took her own life at a mental health care home after the charity in charge laid off external therapists, employed unqualified staff and turned it into a “boot camp”, an inquest has heard.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
New Judgment: Welsh Ministers v PJ [2018] UKSC 66 – UKSC Blog
‘This appeal considered whether a statutory power to impose conditions amounting to a deprivation of liberty can ever lawfully be ‘implied’ and whether the framework for Community Treatment Orders provides practical and effective protection for patients’ rights under the ECHR rights. It also considered what the scope is of a tribunal’s power to take into account ECHR rights.’
UKSC Blog, 17th December 2018
Source: ukscblog.com
