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18 / Mar / 2022
Landmark Health and Social Care Insight – The latest update on developments in health and social care law from Landmark Chambers
Posted by Newsletter Editorial Team
17 / Mar / 2022
Consultation on the Modern Bill of Rights
Posted by Alex Goodman
17 / Mar / 2022
Divisional Court hears challenge to government’s care homes policies at start of pandemic
Posted by Charles Bishop
17 / Mar / 2022
Change of control of GP practices to US health giant held to be lawful
Posted by Newsletter Editorial Team
17 / Mar / 2022
Paposhvili: Where are we now?
Posted by Miranda Butler
17 / Mar / 2022
Online Safety Bill – Update – March 2022
Posted by Sam Broadfoot QC
17 / Mar / 2022
High Court dismisses challenge by pro-life organisation to new abortion regulations in Northern Ireland
Posted by Yaaser Vanderman
14 / Feb / 2022
High Court quashes decision on individual NHS treatment
Posted by David Lock QC & Joel Semakula
14 / Feb / 2022
A consultation by any other name
Posted by Alex Shattock
14 / Feb / 2022
Local authorities to fund holidays if identified as need
Posted by Georgina Fenton
14 / Feb / 2022
Placement of children in unregistered care homes ruled lawful
Posted by Miranda Butler
14 / Feb / 2022
Infected Blood Inquiry Update
Posted by Fiona Scolding QC & Hannah Gibbs
14 / Feb / 2022
No change in the identity of local authority providing s.117 aftercare in cases of repeat detention
Posted by Leon Glenister
15 / Dec / 2021
Sexual Violence as a public health issue?
Posted by Fiona Scolding QC
15 / Dec / 2021
Supreme Court decides that a person’s capacity for sex includes knowing that the other person must consent to sex
Posted by Charles Bishop
15 / Dec / 2021
Online Safety Bill: Aims and Limitations
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC
15 / Dec / 2021
Abortion in Northern Ireland – High Court finds Secretary of State in breach of statutory duties
Posted by Yaaser Vanderman
15 / Dec / 2021
The legal issues around delayed discharge of individuals with learning difficulties from Mental Health detention
Posted by David Lock QC
15 / Dec / 2021
Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Scheme does not breach Article 5 ECHR
Posted by Julia Smyth
15 / Dec / 2021
Administrative Court rules on the meaning of “urgent treatment” in the context of the NHS charging scheme for migrants
Posted by Admas Habteslasie
19 / Nov / 2021
High Court to hear challenge to change of control of London GP practices from local GPs to a US-based corp
Posted by Newsletter Editorial Team
19 / Nov / 2021
Consent – is there a new way of thinking about an old problem?
Posted by David Lock QC
19 / Nov / 2021
Placement of looked-after children in unregulated accommodation – yet another update
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC
19 / Nov / 2021
High Court rules that patients with capacity receiving care and treatment in the community will not suffer the distress of hospital detention if such detention would breach their Article 5 rights
Posted by Georgina Fenton
19 / Nov / 2021
Double-vaccination rule for care home workers found lawful by High Court
Posted by Yaaser Vanderman
19 / Nov / 2021
Covid-19 vaccinations for children in care
Posted by Newsletter Editorial Team
25 / Oct / 2021
Court of Appeal decides care workers will act unlawfully if they arrange a sex worker for a disabled person: But were the wrong questions asked?
Posted by David Lock QC
13 / Oct / 2021
Learning the lessons from the judgment of the Court of Appeal in R (Bell) v Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Posted by David Lock QC
13 / Oct / 2021
The latest update on: Placement of looked-after children in unregulated accommodation
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC
13 / Oct / 2021
Which local authority pays for aftercare after repeated detentions? DHSC’s current position on determinations on s117 Mental Health Act 1983 disputes
Posted by Leon Glenister
13 / Oct / 2021
When is a local authority liable to pay relatives who care for children in need?
Posted by David Lock QC and Alex Shattock
13 / Oct / 2021
Strasbourg awards damages to social care worker for accusations of professional misconduct by a Family Court Judge
Posted by Joe Thomas
13 / Oct / 2021
Divisional Court finds law permitting abortion of fetuses with Down’s Syndrome after 24 weeks lawful
Posted by Yaaser Vanderman
20 / Sep / 2021
Which local authority pays for aftercare after repeated detentions? DHSC’s current position on determinations on s117 Mental Health Act 1983 disputes
Posted by Leon Glenister
15 / Sep / 2021
An overview of the legal framework for paying GP practices for premises costs
Posted by David Lock QC
15 / Sep / 2021
The COVID-19 Inquiry: Preliminary thoughts on its scope and efficacy
Posted by Alex Goodman
15 / Sep / 2021
Judicial Review and Courts Bill: A commentary on the new powers in relation to quashing orders and abolition of the rule in Cart
Posted by David Lock QC & David Elvin QC
15 / Sep / 2021
Council’s charging policy held unlawful as it discriminated against severely disabled persons
Posted by Hannah Gibbs
15 / Sep / 2021
Two-child benefit rule held lawful
Posted by Yaaser Vanderman
15 / Sep / 2021
COVID and the developments on funding social care
Posted by Leon Glenister
15 / Sep / 2021
What should local authorities do in the case of looked after children under 16 who are placed in unregulated settings after 9 September 2021? An analysis of the recent Tameside MBC decision [2021] EWHC 2472
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC
31 / Aug / 2021
The looming crisis for children in local authority care being deprived of their liberty: What should local authorities do for looked after children in secure accommodation on 9 September?
Posted by David Lock QC
14 / Jul / 2021
“NHS Data Grab”: An examination of the new NHS data sharing proposals
Posted by Admas Habteslasie
14 / Jul / 2021
What underlies the changes proposed for the NHS in the Health and Care Bill 2021?
Posted by David Lock QC
14 / Jul / 2021
Assisted Dying Bill (HL Bill 13): a commentary
Posted by Hannah Gibbs
14 / Jul / 2021
NHS England issues a new “good practice” guidance on the transfer and remission of immigration removal centre detainees under the Mental Health Act 1983
Posted by Alex Goodman
14 / Jul / 2021
Court of Appeal decides that interest can be claimed on overdue sums under NHS contracts
Posted by David Lock QC
9 / Jun / 2021
High Court rules that parental consent is valid to enable trans-children to access Puberty Blockers
Posted by David Lock QC
9 / Jun / 2021
Informal evidence can be considered for clinical decision-making on access to critical medicines
Posted by Tim Buley QC
9 / Jun / 2021
The revolving door of multiple detentions and aftercare services: Which local authority pays for aftercare after repeated detentions?
Posted by Leon Glenister
9 / Jun / 2021
APPG report brings us another step closer to urgently needed reform on the law and practice of surrogacy
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC
9 / Jun / 2021
The Health and Social Care Reform White Paper 2021 Explained: “Accountability” and the Secretary of State’s Powers
Posted by Hannah Gibbs
9 / Jun / 2021
Infected Blood Scandal – Compensation Framework
Posted by Landmark Chambers
29 / Mar / 2021
High Court affirms parents can consent to medical treatment for transgender children and confirms concurrent consent rights for parents and children
Posted by David Lock QC
24 / Mar / 2021
Funding Aftercare Treatment for Mental Health Patients
Posted by Joel Semakula
18 / Feb / 2021
Court holds that public sector pension authorities have legal duty to amend statutory pension schemes to remove age discrimination provisions
Posted by David Lock QC
7 / Jan / 2021
Legal issues arising out of Medical Priority decision making
Posted by David Lock QC
4 / Jan / 2021
Should doctors be required to make life-and-death choices in an official guidance-free vacuum?
Posted by David Lock QC
2 / Dec / 2020
Can children give informed consent to puberty blockers?
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC
20 / Nov / 2020
Guidance provided by Mr Justice Poole on the proper approach for expert psychiatric reports on capacity in MCA cases
Posted by David Lock QC
13 / Nov / 2020
Supreme Court holds that suicide & unlawful killing verdicts in an Inquest require proof to a civil standard
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC & Hannah Gibbs
13 / Nov / 2020
Supreme Court ends legal challenges over lawfulness of using Avastin Off-label to treat NHS wet AMD patients
Posted by David Lock QC
8 / Oct / 2020
CQC prosecution for breach of the Duty of Candour
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC
2 / Jul / 2020
Decision making, mental capacity and undue influence: Do hard cases make bad – or least fuzzy edged – law?[1]
Posted by David Lock QC
17 / Jun / 2020
Guidance on approach to be taken in “rolling judicial review” claims and provision of interim support under the Care Act 2014
Posted by David Lock QC
11 / Jun / 2020
Consent to engage in sex: A Local Authority v JB is a sensible, perceptive and informed way forward on these difficult issues from the Court of Appeal
Posted by David Lock QC
9 / Jun / 2020
What is the right approach to a dispute resolution procedure between CCGs and local authorities over eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare?
Posted by David Lock QC
2 / Jun / 2020
Does a CCG placement in supported living run a coach and horses through the NHS placing rules?
Posted by David Lock QC
18 / Dec / 2018
Supreme Court gives strong hint that it may convene larger panel to reconsider Cheshire West tests for deprivation of liberty
Posted by David Lock QC
15 / Oct / 2018
NHS Continuing Healthcare: The primacy of the experts appointed to the Multi Disciplinary Team and the limited role for the CCG panel
Posted by David Lock QC
31 / Aug / 2018
Claimants denied costs in Judicial Review proceedings for failing to use the NHS Complaints Procedures
Posted by David Lock QC
16 / Aug / 2018
Court of Appeal grant permission in challenge to NHS ACO contract
Posted by Leon Glenister
24 / Jul / 2018
HPV vaccine set to be extended to boys, after pressure on equality grounds
Posted by Hannah Gibbs
19 / Jun / 2018
Appeal launched in challenge to NHS Accountable Care Organisation Contract
Posted by Leon Glenister
14 / Jun / 2018
Tory MPs publish a Private Members Bill to permit NHS co-funding
Posted by David Lock QC
25 / May / 2018
Richard Jackman v Wiltshire CCG: Using the Equality Act 2010 to secure effective treatment for learning disabled adults
Posted by David Lock QC
29 / Mar / 2018
Judge confirms that a CCG has no legal power to fund a continuing care patient for whom it had no statutory responsibility
Posted by David Lock QC
1 / Mar / 2018
Automatic suspension of healthcare contracts: the Lancashire Care case
Posted by James Neill
24 / Jan / 2018
Funding of NHS Continuing Healthcare
Posted by Robert Walton
24 / Jan / 2018
High Court Rules on New Bed Closure Test and Split Consultation
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC
8 / Dec / 2017
Administrative Court reserves judgment in Horton Hospital judicial review
Posted by Landmark Chambers
6 / Nov / 2017
Medical reviews of former police officers on injury pensions: Is there any duty to provide medical records?
Posted by David Lock QC
1 / Nov / 2017
The crisis in mental health services – does the fault lie with the NHS contracting system?
Posted by David Lock QC
27 / Oct / 2017
What can a local authority take into account in determining payment to care homes?
Posted by Leon Glenister
17 / Oct / 2017
Alistair Mills’s Paper on NHS Reconfiguration Cited in HC Library Briefing Paper
Posted by Alistair Mills
11 / Oct / 2017
Hayden J tests the limits of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction: How far should the IJ be used to restrain unwise decisions made by those with capacity?
Posted by David Lock QC
29 / Sep / 2017
GP contracts for financial assistance – a reminder of the importance of precise drafting
Posted by Leon Glenister
25 / Sep / 2017
Out of the grounds: when has a patient ‘left hospital’ for the purposes of the aftercare duty in s117 MHA
Posted by Richard Clarke
13 / Sep / 2017
The winter pressures on A&E departments – are there legal consequences?
Posted by Hannah Gibbs
7 / Sep / 2017
New Bed Closure test – a potentially powerful tool
Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC
6 / Sep / 2017
NHS England consultation on ceasing to commission “low value” treatments
Posted by David Lock QC
30 / Aug / 2017
Can Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships deliver real changes to the NHS?
Posted by David Lock QC
21 / Aug / 2017
Major changes to NHS charges for overseas visitors come into effect
Posted by David Lock QC
15 / Aug / 2017
NHS Contract Dispute results in finding that national tariff payable is payable for national tariff services despite “private” agreement to vary price
Posted by David Lock QC
8 / Aug / 2017
The division between NHS and local authority funding for nursing services in Care Homes: R (Forge Care Homes Ltd) v Cardiff and Vale University Health Board [2017] UKSC 56
Posted by Alistair Mills
8 / Aug / 2017
NHS England loses in court on a medical treatment case – yet again
Posted by David Lock QC
8 / Aug / 2017
Hospital closures and major health service changes: The role for local authorities
Posted by Hannah Gibbs
1 / Aug / 2017
The end of the compulsory requirement to apply to the Court of Protection in Persistent Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State cases
Posted by David Lock QC
25 / Jul / 2017
Freeing up beds in hospitals – can a hospital patient be evicted?
Posted by Yaaser Vanderman
18 / Jul / 2017
The legal risks around amalgamating contracts to reduce A&E 4-hour breach fines