![Helen Curtis](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/956.jpg)
Capacity, Court of Protection | Friday 13 December 2019
Social Welfare Update: Fitting an intrauterine contraceptive device was the least restrictive option to protect AB, a woman with a moderate learning disability
An NHS Foundation Trust v (1) AB (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) (2) CD (3) A Local Authority [2019] EWCOP 45, MacDonald J, 21 October 2019.
![Tessa Buchanan](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1269.jpg)
Adult social care | Tuesday 3 December 2019
Social Welfare Update: No looked-after needs under Care Act 2014 in absence of objective evidence of requirement for social worker support
R (Aburas) v London Borough of Southwark [2019] EWHC 2754 (Admin)
Children | Thursday 31 October 2019
Social Welfare Update: UKSC rules it is not within the scope of parental responsibility to consent to living arrangements for a 16-17 year old which would otherwise amount to a deprivation of liberty under Article 5
In the matter of D (A Child) [2019] UKSC 42, 26 September 2019
![Bethan Harris](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/802.jpg)
Capacity, Court of Protection | Thursday 31 October 2019
Social Welfare Update: Court of Appeal decision on capacity to use social media, consent to sexual relations and residence warns against “silos” when analysing capacity
B (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v A Local Authority [2019] EWCA Civ 913, 11 June 2019