September 2014 update

Case law

• Upper Tribunal decision. HK v Llanarth Court Hospital [2014] UKUT 410 (AAC), [2014] MHLO 95 — (1) Guidance for tribunals on writing reasons. (2) First-tier Tribunal decision set aside for inadequate reasons.§

• Deputyship case. Re DG: David v Peter [2014] EWCOP 31, [2014] MHLO 94 — Contested application for the appointment of a deputy for property and affairs.§

Legal Aid

• List of firms awarded mental health Legal Aid contracts. Legal Aid Agency, 'Online publication of tender outcomes' (11/9/14) and Legal Aid Agency, 'Mental Health Services from August 2014: Tender Outcome Guidance: Contracted providers by 01/08/2014' (dated August 2014). A list of community care firms is also available. See Legal Aid

Job advert

• Job advert. Abbotstone Law based in Dulwich, South London are seeking consultant mental health panel members in the South & South East, the South West, and Midlands & East. For full details see Job adverts

Website and CPD

• Cases. On 30/9/14 Mental Health Law Online contained 1571 categorised cases

• CPD scheme. The CPD questionnaires for July and August 2014 is now available. Obtain 12 accredited CPD points online for £60. See CPD scheme

• Chronology. See September 2014 chronology for this month's changes to the website in date order.

Twitter

ECtHR hand down judgment on another important legal capacity case, Ivinovic v Croatia http://t.co/NSuMYq4FU2

— Lucy Series (@TheSmallPlaces) September 18, 2014

New ECHR case on involuntary hospitalisation and treatment, Art 5(1) and Art 8 considered http://t.co/PT6DeK9kPr cc @paulebowen

— Lucy Series (@TheSmallPlaces) September 16, 2014

Northern Ireland: All patients 'to get refusal right' - Yahoo News UK#xgyP4mD#xgyP4mD#xgyP4mD https://t.co/Ly3FfXlcyG via @YahooNewsUK

— RC of Psychiatrists (@rcpsych) September 17, 2014

Some social workers quitting AMHP duty due to scale of problems securing hospital care for patients http://t.co/LhSbXT4iq9 #socialwork

— Community Care (@CommunityCare) September 17, 2014

@TheSmallPlaces @Maggotlaw @TheICLR I see @JordansFamLaw favourited this - maybe they would allow republication of their [1994] 1 FLR 31 :-)

— Mental Health Law (@MHLonline) September 12, 2014

LAA Update: News story: Civil news: mental health and community care tender outcomes http://t.co/VFBArtiRhP

— Legal Aid Handbook (@legalaidhbk) September 11, 2014

Deprivation of Liberty: Social workers, lawyers, carers and more mull the impact of the Cheshire West ruling http://t.co/o3FHuS7ZOF

— Community Care (@CommunityCare) September 9, 2014

ADASS and the LGA write to the DH asking them to revisit the initial impact assessment for the DoLS http://t.co/f9yrL5gI7P

— Lucy Series (@TheSmallPlaces) September 9, 2014

A letter from the new Viz. pic.twitter.com/RP8yDSAS13

— Viz Comic (@vizcomic) September 10, 2014

Last day to submit old civil forms http://t.co/ogE6R2zONw

— Legal Aid Handbook (@legalaidhbk) September 5, 2014

DH moves to tighten scrutiny of best interests assessor training standards http://t.co/c5ACZ95l9m #socialcare #socialwork #dols

— Community Care (@CommunityCare) September 5, 2014

LAA civil/crime news: Liverpool office numbers have changed http://t.co/FWkw3gkFxe

— Legal Aid Handbook (@legalaidhbk) September 3, 2014