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==Cases==
===Tribunal===
*'''Ian Brady public hearing.''' {{pagesummary|Re Ian Brady (2012) MHLO 145 (FTT)}}

*'''Upper Tribunal case.''' {{pagesummary|SH v Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust (2012) UKUT 290 (AAC), (2012) MHLO 143}}

*'''Upper Tribunal case.''' {{pagesummary|AM v West London MH NHS Trust (2012) UKUT 382 (AAC), (2012) MHLO 139}}

*'''Upper Tribunal case.''' {{pagesummary|LN v Surrey NHS Primary Care Trust (2011) UKUT 76 (AAC)}}

===Best interests and capacity===
*'''Best interests case (medical).''' {{pagesummary|Re L; The NHS Trust v L (2012) EWHC 2741 (COP), (2012) MHLO 159}}

*'''Best interests case.''' {{pagesummary|A Local Health Board v J (2012) MHLO 158 (COP)}}

*'''Best interests case.''' {{pagesummary|NHS Trust v K (2012) EWHC 2922 (COP), (2012) MHLO 150}}

*'''Best interests case.''' {{pagesummary|Re KH (A child); An NHS Trust v Mr and Mrs H (2012) EWHC B18 (Fam), (2012) MHLO 142}}

*'''Best interests case.''' {{pagesummary|An NHS Trust v DJ (2012) EWHC 3524 (COP), (2012) MHLO 138}}

*'''Capacity case.''' {{pagesummary|J Council v GU (2012) EWHC 3531 (COP), (2012) MHLO 137}}

*'''COP costs case.''' {{pagesummary|Re CP; WBC v CP (2012) EWHC 1944 (COP), (2012) MHLO 144}}

*'''Capacity case.''' {{pagesummary|Calvert v Clydesdale Bank Plc (2012) EWCA Civ 962, (2012) MHLO 131}}

===Criminal===
*'''Capacity case.''' {{pagesummary|R v Ligaya Nursing (2012) EWCA Crim 2521, (2012) MHLO 134}}

*'''Hybrid order case.''' {{pagesummary|R v Jenkin (2012) EWCA Crim 2557, (2012) MHLO 141}}

*'''Criminal appeal.''' {{pagesummary|R v B (2012) EWCA Crim 1799, (2012) MHLO 119}}

*'''Criminal law capacity case.''' {{pagesummary|G v DPP (2012) EWHC 3174 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 140}}

*'''Sentence appeal case.''' {{pagesummary|AG's reference (no 60 of 2012) sub nom R v Edwards (2012) EWCA Crim 2746, (2012) MHLO 135}}

*'''Sentence appeal case.''' {{pagesummary|R v Channer (2012) EWCA Crim 1667, (2012) MHLO 157}}

*'''Sentence appeal case.''' {{pagesummary|R v Searles (2012) EWCA Crim 2685, (2012) MHLO 156}}

*'''Sentence appeal case.''' {{pagesummary|R v Searles (2012) EWCA Crim 1839, (2012) MHLO 155}}

*'''Criminal appeal.''' {{pagesummary|R v Tudor (2012) EWCA Crim 1507, (2012) MHLO 127}}

===After-care and community care===
*'''After-care case.''' {{pagesummary|R (BA) v LB Hillingdon (2012) EWHC 3050 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 148}}

*'''LGO s117 decision.''' {{pagesummary|Avon and Wiltshire MH Partnership NHS Trust and Wiltshire Council 09 005 439 (2012) MHLO 147 (LGO)}}

*'''Community care case.''' {{pagesummary|R (Okil) v LB Southwark (2012) EWHC 1202 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 122}}

===Powers of attorney===
*'''EPA case.''' {{pagesummary|Re Johnston (2012) MHLO 130 (EPA)}}

*'''LPA case.''' {{pagesummary|Re Edmonds (2012) MHLO 129 (LPA)}}

===ECHR===
*'''ECHR case.''' {{pagesummary|X v Finland 34806/04 (2012) ECHR 1371, (2012) MHLO 128}}

*'''ECHR case.''' {{pagesummary|Dordevic v Croatia 41526/10 (2012) ECHR 1640, (2012) MHLO 136}}

===Immigration===
*'''Immigration case.''' {{pagesummary|R (D) v SSHD (2012) EWHC 2501 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 153}}

*'''Deportation case.''' {{pagesummary|JO (qualified person - hospital order - effect) Slovakia (2012) UKUT 237 (IAC), (2012) MHLO 132}}

*'''Immigration case.''' {{pagesummary|R (Lamari) v SSHD (2012) EWHC 1630 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 126}}

*'''Immigration case.''' {{pagesummary|R (O) v SSHD (2012) EWHC 2899 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 149}}

*'''Immigration case.''' {{pagesummary|C v SSHD (2012) EWHC 1543 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 125}}

*'''Deportation case.''' {{pagesummary|R (LE (Jamaica)) v SSHD (2012) EWCA Civ 597, (2012) MHLO 124}}

*'''Extradition case.''' {{pagesummary|Lacki v Poland (2012) EWHC 1747 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 120}}

*'''Immigration case.''' {{pagesummary|R (C) v SSHD (2012) EWHC 801 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 118}}

===Miscellaneous===
*'''Negligence case.''' {{pagesummary|Selwood v Durham CC (2012) EWCA Civ 979, (2012) MHLO 160}}

*'''Negligence claim.''' {{pagesummary|Buck v Norfolk and Waveney MH NHS Foundation Trust (2012) MHLO 123 (CC)}}

*'''Housing case.''' {{pagesummary|Southend-on-Sea BC v Armour (2012) EWHC 3361 (QB), (2012) MHLO 152}}

*'''Housing case.''' {{pagesummary|Southend-on-Sea BC v AR (2012) EW Misc 25 (CC)}}

*'''Scottish case.''' {{pagesummary|RM v Scottish Ministers (2012) UKSC 58, (2012) MHLO 133}}

*'''Miscellaneous (limitation) case.''' {{pagesummary|RAR v GGC (2012) EWHC 2338 (QB), (2012) MHLO 154}}

*'''Disability discrimination case.''' {{pagesummary|Lalli v Spirita Housing Ltd (2012) EWCA Civ 497, (2012) MHLO 121}}

*'''Miscellaneous case.''' {{pagesummary|R (Tracey) v Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation (2012) EWHC 3670 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 146}}

*'''Supreme Court, 'Permission to Appeal results - June 2012' (4/7/12).''' Leave to appeal in Modaresi case was granted on 13/6/12. See [[R (Modaresi) v SSH (2011) EWCA Civ 1359]]

==Legislation==
*'''Draft legislation.''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill 2012}}

*'''Legislation.''' {{pagesummary|High Security Psychiatric Services (Arrangements for Safety and Security at Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals) Amendment Directions 2012}}

*'''Welsh legislation.''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship, Community Treatment and Consent to Treatment) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012}}

*'''Welsh legislation.''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Primary Care Referrals and Eligibility to Conduct Primary Mental Health Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2012}}

*'''Welsh legislation.''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Regional Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2012}}

*'''Welsh legislation.''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Secondary Mental Health Services) (Wales) Order 2012}}

*'''Welsh legislation.''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.3) Order 2012}}

*'''Welsh legislation.''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.2) Order 2012}}

*'''Welsh legislation.''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.1 and Transitional Provision) Order 2011}}

*'''Legislation (from 2008).''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Absconding Patients from Other Jurisdictions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008}}

*'''Legislation (from 2008).''' {{pagesummary|Mental Health (Cross-border Visits) (Scotland) Regulations 2008}}

==Articles==
===Life and death===
*'''Daily Telegraph, 'Family fight to keep father alive in court battle' (7/12/12).''' See [[An NHS Trust v DJ (2012) EWHC 3524 (COP), (2012) MHLO 138]]

*'''John Aston, 'Brain damaged woman allowed to "die with dignity", judge rules' (Independent, 13/11/12).''' This article sets out some further details of the evidence which do not appear in the All ER (D) report of the ex tempore judgment. See [[A Local Health Board v J (2012) MHLO 158 (COP)]]

*'''Terri Judd, 'Family "devastated" as court orders life saving treatment is to be withheld if the condition of their severely ill father deteriorates significantly' (Independent, 8/10/12).''' Although L was in a minimally-conscious state rather than a vegetative state (as originally asserted by the Trust), Moylan J held that it would be in L's best interests to withhold life saving treatment if his condition deteriorated significantly. See [[Settled cases and forthcoming judgments]]

*'''Jane Dreaper, 'Down's syndrome patient challenges resuscitation order' (BBC, 13/9/12).''' The basis of the claim is that a do-not-resuscitate order was placed on the patient's file (on account of 'Down's syndrome, unable to swallow (Peg [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy] fed), bed bound, learning difficulties') without consulting or informing him or his family and without provision for review. See [[Settled cases and forthcoming judgments#Re AWA (do not resuscitate)]]

*'''BBC, 'Anorexic woman not to be force-fed, judge rules' (24/8/12).''' See [[Re L; The NHS Trust v L (2012) EWHC 2741 (COP), (2012) MHLO 159]]

*'''Cathy Gordon, 'NHS trust wins intervention ruling over man's life-prolonging treatment' (9/8/12).''' The judge decided that '[i]t would be not only inappropriate, it would be distressing for him to be subjected to any aggressive forms of treatment of a kind that may result in some short prolongation of what has to be seen as a distressing life.' See [[Settled cases and forthcoming judgments#Re HH (needle phobia etc, Pauffley J)]]

===Other===
*'''Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law Blog, 'X v Finland – Are we in trouble?' (18/7/12).''' This article argues that '[i]t is at best highly doubtful that the approach in the Mental Health Act 1983, where compulsory treatment flows from detention automatically and with limited distinct procedural and substantive safeguards, is consistent with Article 8 of the ECHR'. See [[X v Finland 34806/04 (2012) ECHR 1371, (2012) MHLO 128]]

*'''What Do They Know website, 'Cost to HBC of legal proceedings in Neary v Hillingdon' (FOI request made 27/7/12).''' The FOI reply, dated 24/8/12, states that the costs to LB Hillingdon were: (1) solicitor costs 464.35 in-house hours (£32,318.31 at notional charge-out rate of approx £69.60ph); (2) counsel £32182; (3) expert reports £5231.65; (4) compensation £35,000; (5) court costs ordered and future costs not known at time of reply. See [[Re Steven Neary; LB Hillingdon v Steven Neary (2011) EWHC 3522 (COP)]]

*'''Michael Kennedy and Bilkiss Bashir, 'Short Changed' (Private Client Adviser, February 2012).''' This article concludes: 'For now, the argument as to the legality and power for a local authority to charge someone deprived of their liberty and compelled to live in a care home remains open to lively debate.' See [[DM v Doncaster MBC (2011) EWHC 3652 (Admin)]]

*'''Martin Beckford, 'Judge attacks forced marriage that put disabled woman "at risk"' (Telegraph, 16/8/12).''' See [[XCC v AA (2012) EWHC 2183 (COP), (2012) MHLO 80]]

*'''Neil Munro, 'Dordevic v Croatia' (Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law Blog, 26/7/12).''' See [[Dordevic v Croatia 41526/10 (2012) ECHR 1640, (2012) MHLO 136]]

*'''Alison Easton, 'WBC v CP & Ors' (Family Law Week, 30/10/12).''' See [[Re CP; WBC v CP (2012) EWHC 1944 (COP), (2012) MHLO 144]]

*'''Alison Easton, 'J Council v GU & Ors' (Family Law Week, 13/12/12).''' See [[J Council v GU (2012) EWHC 3531 (COP), (2012) MHLO 137]]

*'''Disability discrimination.''' (1) Christopher Williams, 'Nominet rocked by disability discrimination ruling' (16/8/12); (2) That.co.uk website, 'Nominet files' (19/10/12) (this document contains extracts from the tribunal judgment). See [[Settled cases and forthcoming judgments#Emily Taylor (Nominet)]]

*'''Nearly Legal Blog, 'Proportionality – between claim and hearing' (21/10/12).''' See [[Southend-on-Sea BC v Armour (2012) EWHC 3361 (QB), (2012) MHLO 152]]

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