“A widow who subjected a hospital manger to a stalking ordeal during a campaign of revenge following the death of her husband has been jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“At first sight, Article 2 – the ‘right to life’ – seems to be a prohibition on extra-judicial executions and state-sponsored death squads. It does, of course have a role to play in that respect (and one that is not limited to those countries whose signature of the Convention is viewed with scepticism from Western Europe).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A nurse who prompted an international search because of fears he could have malaria has been detained under the Mental Health Act for sexually assaulting a waitress.”
The Guardian, 27th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Do not attempt resuscitation orders (DNAR orders), have been much in the news. There is concern about them being slapped on patients’ notes without adequate, or any, consultation with the patient or, if the patient is incapacitate, with the relatives or carers.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th December 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Britain’s equality and human rights watchdog may intervene in a landmark case over the use of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders for patients in hospitals, care homes, and their own homes.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 17-year-old boy who started a fire in a sheltered housing complex in Rugby has been sentenced to a hospital order.”
BBC News, 14th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The husband of a woman who died in one of Britain’s best-known hospitals is taking its management and the health secretary Andrew Lansley to court, alleging an illegal use of ‘do not resuscitate’ orders.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Patient Concern demands national policy on ‘do not resuscitate’ orders
“A schizophrenic mother who stabbed her three-year-old daughter to death before dousing her body in acid must stay in a secure psychiatric hospital for the public’s protection, a judge ruled today.”
The Guardian, 28th Ocotber 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A hospital ventilator keeping a nine-month-old baby alive could be turned off today after his parents lost a legal battle with a hospital yesterday.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (DB) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust [2008] EWCA Civ 1354; [2008] WLR (D) 375
“The effect of an order for the admission and detention of an offender in a hospital, within s 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983, was limited by s 40 to the period of 28 days from the date of the making of the order. A subsequent amendment of the order did not authorise admission after the 28-day period in the original order.”
WLR Daily, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
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