‘In this article, Ed Ramsay discusses the recent case of Morahan, which deals with the issue of when the enhanced investigative duty under Article 2 of the ECHR will be automatically engaged in an inquest.’
Inquests and Inquiries Law Blog, 22nd June 2021
Source: inquestsandinquirieslawblog.com
‘On his final day alive, Dalian Atkinson felt trapped. Draining physical challenges, from hypertension and kidney disease, had left him weakened and his mental health was crumbling, the jury heard.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A disabled woman’s suicide was “a direct result” of having her benefits cut, the High Court has been told.’
BBC News, 22nd June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ian McArdle, barrister of Atlantic Chambers, Liverpool, calls for a fact-finding approach to cases involving alleged parental alienation.’
Family Law Week, 14th June 2021
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘People with anxiety should be allowed to listen to music as they work, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘One in six mothers involved in care proceedings over the last year were given just a day’s notice of a court hearing to decide whether their newborn child would be taken into care, according to research. The vast majority of such women in England and Wales receive less than one week’s notice, new analysis shows.’
The Independent, 5th June 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An order made by email to vacate a psychological assessment in a childcare case was wrong and unjust for “serious procedural irregularity”, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd June 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man has been given an indefinite hospital order for the “brutal” killing of a hotel receptionist in Bournemouth.’
BBC News, 1st June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Dozens of asylum seekers have been wrongly placed in Napier Barracks after the Home Office failed to recognise their vulnerabilities, prompting concerns that ministers have ignored warnings from watchdogs.’
The Independent, 23rd May 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office’s rush to deport asylum seekers last year ahead of Brexit amounted to “inhumane treatment,” a watchdog has found. In its annual report for 2020, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) raised concerns around the impact of the government ramping up efforts to remove people arriving on small boats from the UK in the later months of 2020.’
The Independent, 20th May 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Mental health assessments are being conducted in the presence of police in little-known hubs that embed nurses and psychologists with counter-terrorism units, raising “serious ethical concerns”, a medical charity has said.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has pursued a policy of psychological brutality by locking up scores of torture survivors in solitary confinement for indefinite periods, according to fresh testimony from immigration detainees.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hundreds of women were forced to wear face masks while giving birth despite this violating formal rules, a new study has found.’
The Independent, 14th May 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Judge rules medical staff can use minimum force on woman who has barely left home in four years.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Fran Massarella examines a Court of Appeal case which concerned the test for granting leave to apply to discharge a special guardianship order and the construction of s.14D(5) of the Children Act 1989.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th May 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The family of a woman who took a fatal overdose after her benefit payments were cut say they have begun a legal claim against the government.’
BBC News, 10th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The police watchdog has been threatened with legal action for refusing to investigate whether the conduct of officers who restrained a man for a significant period of time committed a criminal offence or that their behaviour amounts to misconduct.’
The Guardian, 4th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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