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NICE consultation on draft guidance on decision-making and mental capacity

Monday 15 Jan 2018

…The aim is not to provide comprehensive guidance on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005) but instead to focus on areas where practice needs to improve and there is…

Accessibility

…‘access keys’. Our access keys use the UK government access keys system where applicable. 1 – Homepage 2 – About Us 3 – News 4 – Areas of Law 9…

‘Neglect’ at HMP Winchester contributed to death of 22-year-old prisoner

Wednesday 12 Apr 2017

…to prevent future deaths at HMP Winchester. This will cover 13 areas including the quality of ACCT (suicide and self-harm prevention measures) documentation and audit processes, meaningful interaction between staff…

Jury find prison officers’ unlawful use of restraint causative of death at HMP Manchester

Friday 31 Mar 2017

…in restraint – a situation which he deemed “untenable”. He will also be following up his concerns about the lack of CCTV coverage of the areas where the restraints took…

The Family Court and Domestic Abuse – Any change?

Wednesday 20 Dec 2023

…under the Convention and they highlight progress such as the Domestic Abuse Act which became law in 2021 and The Tackling VAWG Strategy and Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan. The government…

The Manchester 10: where a racialised ‘gang’ narrative led to unsafe convictions

Friday 19 Jul 2024

…is the product of “institutional racism”. There are thirteen grounds of appeal for Ademola Adedeji, which include five areas of fresh evidence and groundbreaking submissions on the law of conspiracy….

Ollie Persey wins Legal Aid Newcomer of the Year Award at LALY Awards 2024

Monday 8 Jul 2024

…counsel. Ollie is the consultant editor of ‘Halsbury’s Laws on Judicial Review’ and a contributing author of the Legal Action Group textbooks, ‘Discrimination in Public Law’ and ‘Migrant Support Handbook’….

Immigration Blog: Illegal Migration Act’s implications for victims of trafficking and modern slavery

Monday 4 Sep 2023

…significant amount of litigation once they come into force. Nadia O’Mara is a member of the Garden Court Immigration and Public Law Teams and is available for instructions in both of these areas of law….

‘The Protest Handbook (2nd Ed.)’ co-authored by Tom Wainwright and Owen Greenhall launches today

Thursday 26 Nov 2020

…stage of a potential case. The chapters include practical assistance in line with protesters’ experience of attending demonstrations, the chronological structure of a case, relevant areas of substantive law in…

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We continue to work at the cutting-edge of appellate law. Two of our criminal appeals barristers were instructed in the momentous Supreme Court decision on joint enterprise (R v Jogee;…

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