View source for January 2009 update

The following updates were made to the site in January 2009.

==Legislation==

* Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 provisions concerning a new offence of causing nuisance or disturbance on hospital premises came into force on 1/1/09. The in-force provisions relate only to definitions and the power to issue guidance, rather than creating the offence itself. See [[Nuisance or disturbance on hospital premises]]

==Other documents==

* MoJ consultation on proposed amendments to the Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000. The plan is to increase income eligibility limits by 5%, and to introduce non-means-tested legal aid for COP proceedings for those deprived of their liberty, from April 2009. Closing date 17/2/09. See new [[Consultations]] page

* The MHAC have issued new guidance this month. "Second Opinions for Supervised Community Treatment patients who are refusing medication for mental disorder" and "Treatment under emergency power for Supervised Community Treatment patients who are awaiting Second Opinions". See [[MHAC]]

* New page added on learning disability. Including links to the DH documents "Valuing people now: a new three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities", published 19/1/09, and "Further government response to the JCHR report: A life like any other? Human rights of adults with learning disabilities", published January 2009. See [[Learning disability]]

* New page with links to recent publications relating to [[Children and mental health law]]. Including "Children and Young People: Legal Aspects of Care and Treatment Professionals Guide" (16/1/09), "Royal College of Psychiatrists Tool: Safe and Appropriate Care for Young People on Adult Mental Health Wards" (15/1/09) and "Pilot Programme: Safe and Appropriate Care for Young People on Adult Mental Health Wards" (6/1/09). 

* On 8/12/08 the King's Fund published a briefing paper on the Mental Health Act 2007. See resources section of [[Mental Health Act 2007 Overview]]

* On 26/11/08 the Law Commission published a "scoping report" on their project to reform adult social care law. See [[Law Commission]]

==Website updates==

* Some notes on current cases added. See [[Interesting cases]]
* Page added summarising the "smoke free" rules for the different British jurisdictions. See [[Smoking]]
* The pages relating to applications and references to the Tribunal have been updated. See [[Eligibility periods]] and [[Automatic references]]
* See [[January 2009 chronology]] for changes to the website in date order 

==Case law==

===January 2009 judgments===

* {{pagesummary|Austin v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2009) UKHL 5}}
* {{pagesummary|R (Black) v SSJ (2009) UKHL 1}}
* {{pagesummary|Adorian v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2009) EWCA Civ 18}}
* {{pagesummary|R (SP) v SSJ (2009) EWHC 13 (Admin)}}
* {{pagesummary|Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v MH (2009) UKUT 4 (AAC)}}
* {{pagesummary|X, Re Judicial Review (2009) NIQB 2}}
===2008 cases===
* {{pagesummary|R (MN) v MHRT (2008) EWHC 3383 (Admin)}}
* {{pagesummary|RP v UK 38245/08 (2008) ECHR 1124}}
* {{pagesummary|Pankiewicz v Poland 34151/04 (2008) ECHR 148}}

===Older cases===
* {{pagesummary|‎R (Abu-Rideh) v SSHD (2007) EWHC 2237 (Admin)}}
* {{pagesummary|Buck v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (2006) EWCA Civ 1576}}
* {{pagesummary|Folks v Faizey (2006) EWCA Civ 381}}
* {{pagesummary|Lindsay v Wood (2006) EWHC 2895 (QB)}}
* {{pagesummary|R v Hendy (2006) EWCA Crim 819}}
* {{pagesummary|St Helens Borough Council v PE (2006) EWHC 3460 (Fam)}}
* {{pagesummary|Hasani v Blackfriars Crown Court (2005) EWHC 3016 (Admin)}}
* {{pagesummary|Jones v Isleworth Crown Court (2005) EWHC 662 (Admin)}}
* {{pagesummary|R (TP) v West London Youth Court (2005) EWHC 2583 (Admin)}}
* {{pagesummary|R (Webb-Johnson) v DPP (2005) EWHC 3123 (Admin)}}
* {{pagesummary|R (B) v London Borough of Camden (2004) EWHC 2348 (Admin)}}
* {{pagesummary|‎R v Rogerson (2004) EWCA Crim 2099}}
* {{pagesummary|R (Razgar) v SSHD (2004) UKHL 27}}
* {{pagesummary|R (Razgar) v SSHD (2003) EWCA Civ 840}}

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