‘Launched last month, Spectrum 10K is the UK’s largest study into autism to date. But according to campaigners, its ethics are questionable and autistic people are now calling for a boycott.’
Each Other, 29th October 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The first survey examining sexual violence by male UK students has shone a light on misogyny at universities, with scores admitting to rape, sexual assault and other forcible acts.’
The Guardian, 29th October 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In PW (Jehovah’s Witness: Validity of Advance Decision), Re [2021] EWCOP 52, Mrs W, aged 80, had Alzheimer’s. She was seriously ill in hospital with potentially fatal internal bleeding from a gastric tumour and the evidence was that a blood transfusion and surgery could mean that she would live for another five to ten years. However, she had been a practising Jehovah’s Witness for most of her adult life. Her medical team had concluded that she lacked capacity to make decisions about her treatment, but she had made an advance decision in 2001 – which appeared to have been held on a register of such decisions made by Jehovah’s Witnesses – to refuse blood or blood products even if her life was in danger. All parties accepted that the advance decision had been properly made.’
Law & Religion UK, 19th October 2021
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Bell & Anor v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363 has little, ostensibly, to do with “religion”, but relates to an issue which some would feel had moral and social dimensions – the treatment of children for gender dysphoria, defined by the Court of Appeal as “a complex condition that occurs in both children and adults. It involves, in the simplest terms, a strong desire to be and to be treated as being of the gender other than their natal sex at birth. Those diagnosed with it suffer associated significant distress or impairment in function. A range of clinical interventions may be prescribed”.’
Law & Religion UK, 11th October 2021
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘In Bell and A v Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and others [2021] EWCA Civ 1363 the Court of Appeal advised judges to avoid formulating policy in an area of social and moral complexity.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th September 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Alex Ruck Keene examines the Court of Appeal’s ruling in the high-profile case on referrals for the prescription of puberty-blockers to children and young people under 18.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th September 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Doctors can judge if under-16s can give informed consent to puberty blocker use, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
BBC News, 17th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Healthcare staff can decide whether children get a Covid vaccine against the wishes of their parents, according to government guidelines published on Wednesday that left some headteachers fearing protests at the school gates.’
The Guardian, 15th September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The attorney general’s office is considering whether to appeal against the jail term of four years and eight months handed to a man who choked his lover to death during sex.’
The Guardian, 8th September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Surveys suggest a large proportion of women have experienced sexual assaults that they labelled as a misunderstanding. This has serious psychological repercussions and increases the chance of being victimised again.’
The Guardian, 26th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The former Sex Pistols frontman, Johnny Rotten, has lost a high court attempt to block the punk band’s songs from being used in a forthcoming drama series.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has been asked to decide if a woman left brain damaged and paralysed from the neck down after contracting Covid-19 should be allowed to die.’
BBC News, 18th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Court of Protection judge has approved the giving of the first and second dose of a Covid-19 vaccination to a man who lacks capacity, but has declined to authorise in advance the administration of a booster dose.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th August 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Manchester hospital may withdraw life support from a seriously brain-damaged child after the European court of human rights rejected an appeal by the girl’s family.’
The Guardian, 4th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The inherent jurisdiction of the High Court can be used to authorise the deprivation of liberty of children in alternative restrictive placements by a local authority in cases where an approved secure children’s home is unavailable, the Supreme Court has held.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th July 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning two main issues: (i) First, is it a permissible exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction to make an order authorising a local authority to deprive a child of his or her liberty in this category of case? (ii) Secondly, if contrary to T’s argument the High Court can have recourse to its inherent jurisdiction to make an order of the type in question, what is the relevance of the child’s consent to the proposed living arrangements?
UKSC Blog, 30th July 2021
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Stealthing – or non-consensual condom removal – is rape under UK law, but there’s only ever been one successful prosecution, and that was in 2019.’
BBC News, 27th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court will next week (15 July) hear a case over whether, to have capacity to decide to have sexual relations with another person, a person needs to understand that the other person must have the capacity to consent to the sexual activity and must in fact consent before and throughout the sexual activity.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th June 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A landmark judgment that children under the age of 16 considering gender reassignment are unlikely to be mature enough to give informed consent to be prescribed puberty-blocking drugs undermined their entitlement to make decisions for themselves and was based on “partisan expert evidence”, the court of appeal has heard.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A recent survey suggested a shockingly high proportion of women have been sexually assaulted by a partner as they slept. Now more and more are speaking out.’
The Guardian, 15th June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
