Do statutory tests for detention under the MeHA 1983 require a proportionality assessment pursuant to ECHR?
An interview with Fiona Paterson by Alex Heshmaty, first published on Lexis®PSL Family on 13 July 2017.
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Bell v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363
Written by Emma Sutton for for Medical Law Reports on 10 December 2021.
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AvMA newsletter reviews our Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law book
By Lisa O’Dwyer, Director Medico-Legal Services, AvMA.
Abolishing the Serious Fraud Office is a terrible idea
Sarah Clarke QC writes in The Law Society Gazette.
The AvMA Legal Update
Katie Gollop QC presented this year’s legal update at the Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA) conference, in Leeds.
The update was authored by Katie, Sebastian Naughton and Frances McClenaghan.
The lessons to be learnt from the rogue surgeon with a ‘God complex’
Anthony Haycroft writes in The Times on breast surgeon Ian Paterson.
Winning Advocacy in the Employment Tribunal
Angus Moon QC writes in the Lawyer 2B magazine.
The emperor has no clothes – time to scrap the Serious Fraud Office
Chris Daw QC writes in The Law Society Gazette.
Treatment withdrawal: Should a child’s parents or the court decide?
As news breaks that the Supreme Court will hear an appeal by Charlie Gard’s parents, David Lawson writes for the Solicitors Journal on the principles behind the best interests test.
Appeal judges uphold decision to withdraw life-support for Charlie Gard
Jean-Yves Gilg, editor-in-chief at Solicitors Journal, writes that the parents of Charlie Gard argue that decision to seek treatment in US would cause Charlie no significant harm. The article quotes Bridget Dolan QC.
Book review – Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law
Hill Dickinson’s David Locke reviews the 3rd edition of Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law for the New Law Journal.
“This is a book for practitioners written by practitioners. It is as close to granting the reader a free, direct advice-line to counsel, as the joint heads of Serjeants’ Inn are ever likely to permit.”