‘The case of an investment banker who suffered severe brain damage following a heart attack will be heard by the supreme court on Monday in a test of whether judges need to authorise the withdrawal of life support treatment.’
The Guardian, 25th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The parents of a seriously ill 20-month-old boy have lost a legal fight to keep their son alive after a judge ruled that further treatment would harm his “future dignity”.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The father of a boy with brain damage is preparing an appeal against a high court ruling allowing doctors to stop providing life support for his 11-month-old son.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Rape victims have been warned by the director of public prosecutions that if they stayed silent during the assault their attackers may have assumed consent was given and therefore could escape being charged.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Vulnerable people sectioned under the Mental Health Act are being subjected to medical treatment without consent and are not protected by effective legal safeguards, the Law Society has warned.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Attorney General is to review an “unduly lenient” sentence after two men avoided jail despite having sex with two underage girls.’
The Independent, 4th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Law of Medicine and the Individual: current issues (PDF)
Lecture by Lady Justice Arden
Justice KT Desai Memorial Lecture, October 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A procedure has been established by the courts to enable the authorisation of the deprivation of liberty of an individual over the age of 16 who lacks capacity to consent to their confinement. This procedure, usually called the Re X procedure after the decision of Re X and others (Deprivation of Liberty) [2014] EWCOP 25 (and No 2 [2014] EWCOP 37), can be used in any setting where the DOLS authorisation procedure in Schedule A1 to the MCA 2005 cannot be used, and also where the person is between the age of 16 and 18.’
39 Essex Chambers, December 2017
Source: www.39essex.com
‘The purpose of this document is to provide for social workers and those working in front-line clinical settings a brief overview of the law and principles relating to the assessment of capacity. Its focus is on (a) how to apply the MCA 2005 principles when assessing capacity; and (b) how to record your assessment, primarily in the context of health and welfare decisions.’
39 Essex Chambers, 17th November 2017
Source: www.39essex.com
‘A circuit judge has narrowly decided to grant relief from sanctions in a case where the defendant solicitor lied that documents had been sent in time when they had not.’
Litigation Futures, 13th November 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A mother has been left “sickened” by a decision not to prosecute the doctor who circumcised her son without her consent.’
BBC News, 10th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A victim of child sex abuse denied compensation by a Government agency because it said he “consented” has now received an apology.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Fresh guidelines have been issued to ensure that child victims of sexual abuse are not denied compensation on the mistaken grounds that they consented to a relationship.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Rosalind English talks to David Prest about a case involving a forged signature, disputed consent, and the claim made by a father for damages in relation to a baby born through IVF using frozen embryos.’
Law Pod UK, 19th October 2017
Source: audioboom.com
‘Organs from 505 registered donors could not be made available for transplant in the last five years because of objections from relatives.’
BBC News, 19th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A UK bank has been fined £75,000 by the information commissioner after failing to ensure that recipients of millions of its marketing messages had consented to receiving those communications.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Plans to make 13 the age at which children in the UK can consent to the processing of their data on social media websites and other online platforms “would almost certainly be illegal”, a UK peer has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The recent judgment of Mr Justice Peter Jackson that doctors and relatives do not always need to consult the court before withdrawing medical treatment from a terminally ill patient has been reported under headlines labelling it a “right to die” case. This is wrong and risks conflating two quite different situations in the lay reader’s mind.’
Transparency Project, 24th September 2017
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A trainee accountant accused of raping a student during a night out has been cleared after it emerged she sent Facebook messages to friends saying: “I was only raped – chill the f*** out.”‘
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The children’s commissioner for England has condemned draft government rules that mean children as young as 12 could miss out on compensation because they “consented” to their own sexual abuse.’
The Guardian, 19th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
