Kesia Leatherbarrow: Girl’s death not ‘preventable’, review finds – BBC News
‘A troubled teenager who took her own life after being held in a police cell was failed by agencies, a report found.’
BBC News, 9th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: mental health
Eleanor de Freitas rape case: Legal bid for new inquest – Daily Telegraph
‘Family of vulnerable 23-year-old woman who took own life after being charged with making false rape claim launch new legal bid.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Lord Janner U-turn: what is the public interest in a trial of the act? – Crimeline
‘Yesterday’s U-turn concerning the decision to prosecute Lord Janner for alleged child sex offences has thrown a spotlight onto a procedure in English criminal law called the “trial of the act”. What is this procedure and what purpose does it serve? And why has its application to Lord Janner’s case proved controversial?’
Crimeline, 30th June 2015
Source: www.crimeline.info
Litigants in person, mental health, and relief from sanctions – Zenith PI Blog
‘An application for an extension of time to serve medical evidence by a litigant in person with a mental health disability was refused where there had been a number of breaches and considerable delay, effectivly bringing proceedings to a halt. Appeal to Court of Appeal dismissed.’
Zenith PI Blog, 26th June 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Greville Janner case: Alison Saunders faces calls to publish secret papers – Daily Telegraph
‘Alleged child abuse victims and MPs say independent review of bungled case must be made public.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Lord Janner U-turn is the CPS’s own fault – The Guardian
‘Between the independent reviewer and the DPP there’s no disagreement on facts, but ultimately it’s highly unlikely Janner will appear in court.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sadie Jenkins given supervision order for slitting children’s throats – BBC News
‘A woman who slit the throats of two children has been given a two-year supervision order.’
BBC News, 26th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Janner: DPP Alison Saunders was wrong not to bring charges against peer, lawyer rules – The Independent
‘Accusations that Greville Janner, the former Labour MP, sexually abused a number of children are to be tested in court after an independent lawyer ruled the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was wrong not to bring charges.’
The Independent, 28th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Alison Saunders: My Lord Janner decision could be reversed – Daily Telegraph
‘Director of Public Prosecutions suggests she will accept the outcome of a review if her decision not to prosecute the Labour peer is overruled’
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Edmonton beheading trial: Nicholas Salvador to be detained indefinitely in high-security psychiatric hospital following not guilty verdict – The Independent
‘The man who beheaded an elderly great-grandmother in a London suburb last year has been found not guilty – but will be confined in a high-security psychiatric hospital for life.’
The Independent, 23rd June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ronayne v Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – WLR Daily
Ronayne v Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: [2015] EWCA Civ 588; [2015] WLR (D) 263
‘Where a claimant alleged that he suffered psychiatric injury as a secondary party caused by observing in a hospital setting the consequences of clinical negligence, the court was to take into account the fact that a visitor to a hospital would expect to see patients connected to machines and drips and things they would not like to see, was necessarily to a certain degree conditioned as to what to expect and was likely to be warned by medical staff of an impending encounter likely to prove more than ordinarily distressing. Whether an event was “horrifying” for the purposes of such a claim was to be judged by objective standards and by reference to ordinary susceptibility.’
WLR Daily, 17th June 0215
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Appeal ruling backs representation in deprivation of liberty cases – Law Society’s Gazette
‘In an unusual judgment, the Court of Appeal has ruled that streamlined procedures introduced by the Court of Protection must not prevent people who lack capacity from participating in or having legal representation at hearings affecting their liberty.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th June 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Amanda Young not guilty of Joshua Gafney manslaughter – BBC News
‘A nurse who gave a patient a lethal overdose of a prescription drug has been found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence.’
BBC News, 15th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Yarl’s Wood holding vulnerable women for too long, say monitors – The Guardian
‘Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre is holding vulnerable women for too long in conditions that are causing them serious distress and are not suitable for those with mental health problems, according to a damning independent report.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stress-testing Schedule 3: cross-border placements and the Court of Protection
‘In Re PA, PB and PC [2015] EWCOP 38, Baker J has conducted a detailed analysis of the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection to recognise and enforce foreign protective measures under Schedule 3 to the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005. That Schedule represents the implementation in English law of obligations contained within the 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults (the Convention) (which the United Kingdom has ratified in respect of Scotland, but not England).’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 9th June 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawechange.co.uk
Hotak v Southwark London Borough Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission and others intervening); Kanu v Southwark London Borough Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission and others intervening); Johnson v Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission and others intervening) – WLR Daily
‘When considering whether a homeless person had priority need for housing as a “vulnerable” person under section 189(1)(c) of the Housing Act 1996 the correct comparator for assessing vulnerability was an ordinary person if made homeless rather than an ordinary actual homeless person and, in making that assessment, account could be taken of third party support, including support from family members.’
WLR Daily, 13th May 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
No prosecution for police involved in death of man in psychiatric care – The Guardian
‘Prosecutors have decided not to take action against police involved in the death in 2010 of a man who was restrained by officers at a psychiatric hospital.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Relatives of dementia sufferers who die in care homes having to wait months to bury loved ones thanks to new Government rules – The Independent
‘Relatives of dementia sufferers who pass away in care homes are being forced to wait months to bury loved ones because of new rules.’
The Independent, 28th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
