‘More than 30,000 instances of abuse have taken place in sheltered housing against elderly or disabled people over the last three years, a BBC File on Four investigation has revealed.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The family of a grandmother who died in hospital after choking on an egg sandwich have received a five-figure payout. Lilian Hugill, who had previously survived cancer, was admitted to York Hospital with a bladder infection, but later died after staff wrongly gave her the sandwich rather than soft food.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘There shouldn’t be anything suspicious about a young man accompanying his aunt to see her solicitor. Frail or elderly people often seek the assistance of family members when making important decisions. Most of the time, there is indeed no concern, just a caring relative looking after a loved one. But there is a growing sense among private client practitioners that financial elderly abuse is on the rise, and an overly protective nephew could be a sign that the situation is perhaps not as straightforward as it seems.’
Family Law, 14th December 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The first article in this series of two dealt with circumstances where particular arrangements might be appropriate for children and vulnerable as witnesses in family proceedings. This article looks at the type of measure which the court can provide for such witnesses; and at how these measures are dealt with in common law and under statutory provision. As mentioned at the end of this article, the funding of assessment for, and thus the effective operation of, such measures is not something the Lord Chancellor and his Ministry of Justice seems fully – or at all? – to have put their minds to.’
Family Law, 12th December 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Two men who were wrongly convicted of carrying out the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974 have supported calls for the alleged bombers to be named publicly to end a “double injustice”.’
BBC News, 6th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The family of a grandmother who was sent to an immigration detention centre and threatened with deportation to Jamaica, a country she left 50 years ago when she was 10, has called on the Home Office to apologise for the treatment she has received. The case of Paulette Wilson, 61, who was detained for a week at Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre last month, has focused attention on other UK residents, now retired, who have lived in Britain since they were in primary school, who are being pursued by the Home Office. Most had no idea that there was anything wrong with their immigration status.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Prisons are struggling to cope with the soaring population of geriatric inmates, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Trust applied for a declaration that it was in Mrs P’s best interests to receive clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) by way of a gastric feeding tube. Following a fall, Mrs P, aged 72 years, went to hospital without telling her family. Her condition deteriorated and she fell into a minimally conscious state. A dispute arose as to whether CANH should be continued between her sisters who wanted treatment to be maintained and her partner and daughters who did not.’
Garden Court Chambers, 10th November 2017
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘A woman has been jailed for three years for the manslaughter of her 91-year-old grandmother, who had been in need of “urgent medical attention”.’
The Independent, 14th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed a council’s appeal over whether it could lawfully take into account three revenue streams – private fees, top up payments and NHS payments – when making an evaluative judgement of what it would expect to pay for residential care for the elderly.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A 102-year-old man has been sentenced for sexually abusing a young girl from the age of five in the 1970s. A judge suspended Douglas Hammersley’s two-year prison sentence but ordered him to pay his victim £25,000 compensation within 21 days.’
The Independent, 11th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘National organisation Solicitors for the Elderly has raised concerns at proposals to overhaul the laws governing will writing claiming, saying reform will result in more court action.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th July 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A burglar who targeted the elderly has sentence increased to 7 years and 6 months following ULS referral.’
Attorney General's Office, 7th July 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Reports of abuse and neglect of the elderly have risen by one third, amid warnings from GPs that the care system is “rapidly disintegrating”. The number of cases referred to social services under safeguarding rules has soared, new figures show, with more than 5,600 referrals last year – an increase of 33 per cent in two years.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘They can’t manage the stairs, so they can’t exercise, or go to classes. They’re afraid to shower in case they fall. The ones with dementia don’t even know where they are. Is this any way to deal with elderly offenders? By Amelia Hill’
The Guardian, 20th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Prisons are now the largest providers of residential care for frail and elderly men in England and Wales and are increasingly turning into hospices, providing end-of-life care for older prisoners and even managing their deaths.’
The Guardian, 20th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years for what was described as the “brutal” and “cruel” killing of a pensioner, who was stripped and beaten in the street on New Year’s Day.’
The Guardian, 12th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Care home bosses could increasingly face prosecution over the neglect of residents after a “groundbreaking” court case into “organised and systematic” abuse.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed the challenge brought by campaign group Britcits to the restrictive Immigration Rules on the admission to the UK of parents, grandparents and other adult dependent relatives. The case is BRITCITS v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 368.’
Free Movement, 30th May 2017
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘An 87-year-old man has been jailed for 15 years for attacks on girls aged eight and 12.’
BBC News, 24th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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