Court of Appeal hearing 25th May 2017 How do the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Mental Health Act 1983 fit together? Should a Mental Health Tribunal (or First Tier Tribunal) limit its deliberations to whether a patient meets the statutory criteria for detention, or should it also consider whether the patient’s Convention rights have […]
Read Michael Mylonas QC’s article in the Solicitors Journal here. […]
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1. If you have a spinal surgery case where a patient has suffered a non-negligent complication you need to read Mr Justice Green’s careful analysis of the law of consent post-Montgomery in Thefaut v Johnston [2017] EWHC 497 QB, handed down last week on 14th March 2017. […]
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Supreme Court Appeal Heard: 14th and 15th December 2016 Judgment to be handed down: 22nd March 2017 The Supreme Court will hand down judgment in its second appeal concerning the Mental Capacity Act 2005 at 9.45am on Wednesday 22nd March 2017. What are the issues? Sir James Munby P dismissing the appeal to the Court […]