The extent of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction for the protection of vulnerable adults was considered last month in the widely reported case of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council v Meyers.[1] Inherent jurisdiction is the power of the High Court to protect ‘incompetent’ and…
On 16 May, the States of Deliberation of the Island of Guernsey will be asked to consider whether they agree in principle to the development of a suitable legal regime to permit assisted dying in Guernsey. It would be subject…
Grand Chamber Judgment in Lopes de Sousa Fernandes v Portugal When the Chamber judgment in this case was handed down two years ago it was the subject of considerable comment. The Chamber found a breach of the substantive limb of Article…
Hot on the heels of Michalak v GMC[1], the Supreme Court dealt with another case which arose in the context of a discrimination claim brought against a statutory regulator arising out of the regulator’s disciplinary proceedings. O’Connor v Bar Standards Board[2] In…
R (on the application of Mr Rajiv Puri) v Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2011] EWHC 970 (Admin) The Court of Appeal decision of Kulkarni[1] represented a significant development in the law relating to NHS healthcare professionals facing disciplinary…
