Remember that 1 December sees the coming into force of the new look CoP Rules and accompanying Practice Directions. All of these can be found … Read More ›
Category: Legislative developments
The revised second edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now out, including an update on key developments over the past year, and a … Read More ›
The Law Commission’s important consultation on the law of wills closes on Friday 10 November. I urge you to respond if you have any interest … Read More ›
The changes to ss.135 and 136 MHA introduced by the Crime and Policing Act 2017 are coming into force on 11 December. The effect of … Read More ›
Jackie Doyle-Price (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health), in a written statement today (30 October) set out the Government’s Interim Response to the Law Commission’s … Read More ›
The Law Commission has published today (13 July) a major consultation on the potential for reforms to the law of wills in England and … Read More ›
The Transparency Pilot approach and that previously provided for in Serious Medical Treatment cases has now been merged (in fact, the merging took place in March … Read More ›
With many thanks to all those who have been in touch, from many different settings and backgrounds, to offer support and case studies for the … Read More ›
A Home Office Circular has now been published to accompany the Policing and Crime Act 2017 changes (including those relating to death under DoLS) coming … Read More ›
To accompany the coming into force on 3 April of the change to the definition of “state detention” introduced by the Policing and Crime Act … Read More ›
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