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New Scheme For Child Maintenance Proposed
Commenting that the current system is failing too many children, the Work & Pensions Minister confirmed at the end of 2011 that the government planned to introduce a new scheme in 2012...
Posted on 27-02-2012
Cheshire West and Chester Council v P (2011) EWCA Civ. 1257
At first instance, the Court of Protection, (Baker J.) found that a man whose formidable mental and physical difficulty was being deprived of his liberty by virtue of the extent...
Posted on 25-01-2012
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Defining Liberty by John O'Donnell (Solicitors Journal 14 February 2012 Vol 156 No 6)
The Court of Appeal has now confirmed in SSJ v RB (2011) EWCA Civ. 1608 that a patient detained under s37 Mental Health Act 1983 with restrictions under s41 cannot be discharged with conditions which amount to a deprivation of liberty....
Posted on 05-04-2012
Final report of the Norgrove Review
The most comprehensive and important review of the Family Legal System since 1989 published its final report on 3rd November 2011.
Posted on 22-11-2011
Deprivation of Liberty & Conditional Discharge
Information sheet regarding Deprivation of Liberty & Conditional Discharge
Posted on 08-05-2011
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