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==Case summaries==
*{{pagesummary|DM v Doncaster MBC (2011) EWHC 3652 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|R v Clinton (2012) EWCA Crim 2, (2012) MHLO 2}}
*{{pagesummary|Stanev v Bulgaria 36760/06 (2012) ECHR 46, (2012) MHLO 1}}
*{{pagesummary|Re AH (Costs); AH v Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2011) EWHC 3524 (COP)}}
*{{pagesummary|Re Tucker (2011) COP 9/12/11}}
*{{pagesummary|Re Evans (2011) COP 24/11/11}}
*{{pagesummary|Re Steven Neary; LB Hillingdon v Steven Neary (2011) EWHC 3522 (COP)}}
*{{pagesummary|DP v Hywel DDA Health Board (2011) UKUT 381 (AAC)}}
*{{pagesummary|Re VW; NK v VW (2011) COP 27/10/10 11744555}}
*{{pagesummary|Re C; C v Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council (2011) EWHC 3321 (COP)}}
*{{pagesummary|The People (at the suit of the Director of Public Prosecutions) v McMahon (2011) IECCA 94}}
*Transcript added and summary updated. {{pagesummary|Cardiff Council v Peggy Ross (2011) COP 28/10/11 12063905}}

==Case transcripts==
*{{pagesummary|Re JDS; Kevin Smyth v JDS (2012) COP 19334473 19/1/12, (2012) MHLO 4}}
*{{pagesummary|Re H; A Local Authority v H (2012) EWHC 49 (COP), (2012) MHLO 3}}

==Legislation==
*{{pagesummary|Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Order 2011}}
*{{pagesummary|Mental Health (Care Co-ordination and Care and Treatment Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2011}}

==Mental Health Tribunal==
*Link to current MHT victim policy added. {{pagesummary|Practice Guidance on Procedures Concerning Handling Representations from Victims in the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) (1/7/11)}}

==Legal Services Commission==
*LSC, 'Civil forms preview - February 2012' (5/1/12). A new CW1&2(MH) form becomes mandatory on 1/2/12. Other changed civil/family forms are : CW1, CW2(IMM), CLSMEANS1 & CK3, CLSAPP3, CLSAPP5, CLSAPP8, CLSAPP8A, CLSCLAIM1A Guidance & CLSCLAIM5A Guidance. Old versions signed and dated on or before 1/2/12 will be accepted until 29/2/12. See [[Legal Aid News]]

==Articles==
*Martin Beckford, 'Elderly couple forced to go to court over council holiday ban' (Telegraph, 20/1/12). See [[Cardiff Council v Peggy Ross (2011) COP 28/10/11 12063905]]

*Antal Szerletics and Tom O'Shea, 'The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards' (Essex Autonomy Project Briefing, December 2011). See [[DOLS#Academic articles]]

*Jonathan Rayner, 'Judge slams quality of mental health advocacy' (Law Society Gazette, 19/1/12). See [[Law Society]]

*European Court of Human Rights, 'Bulgaria breached human rights of man forced to live for years in inhuman conditions in psychiatric institution' (press release, 17/1/12); Lucy Series, 'Mr Stanev's fine achievement' (The Small Places Blog, 20/1/12); Mental Disability Advocacy Center, 'Europe’s highest human rights court issues landmark disability rights ruling' (17/1/12); Neil Munro, 'Stanev v Bulgaria' (commentary) (Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law Blog, 19/1/12). See [[Stanev v Bulgaria 36760/06 (2012) ECHR 46, (2012) MHLO 1]]

*Julian Mason et al, 'Compulsion under the Mental Health Act 1983: audit of the quality of medical recommendations' (2012) 36 The Psychiatrist 11 (subscription required). See [[RCPsych]]

*Jerome Taylor, 'Appeals soar after secret courts are opened to public' (Independent, 2/1/12). See [[DOLS#Other_links]]

==Newsletters==
*39 Essex Street, 'Court of Protection Newsletter' (issue 17, January 2012). The cases mentioned in this issue are: Re RK; RK v BCC [2011] EWCA Civ 1305, SSJ v RB [2011] EWCA Civ 1608, Re AB; AB v LCC (A Local Authority) [2011] EWHC 3151 (COP), Re C; C v Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council [2011] EWHC 3321 (COP), Cardiff Council v Peggy Ross (2011) COP 28/10/11 12063905, Re HM; SM v HM [2011] COP 11875043 4/11/11, Re VW; NK v VW (2011) COP 27/10/10 11744555, LB Tower Hamlets v BB [2011] EWHC 2853 (Fam), Re AH; AH v Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2011] EWHC 276 (COP), Re Steven Neary; LB Hillingdon v Steven Neary [2011] EWHC 3522 (COP). See [[39 Essex Street COP Newsletter]]

*Jonathan Butler, 'C (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council & A Care Home & Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust' (commentary) (11/1/12). See [[Re C; C v Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council (2011) EWHC 3321 (COP)]]

*John O'Donnell, 'Cheshire West and Chester Council v P' (commentary) (O'Donnells Solicitors information sheet, January 2012, no 2). This article is critical of recent case law on what constitutes a deprivation of liberty. See [[Cheshire West and Chester Council v P (2011) EWCA Civ 1257#External_links]]

*Morgan Cole Solicitors, 'Deprivation of Liberty case update' (January 2012). The 'Action required' conclusion of this briefing states: 'The guidance contained in this judgment should be disseminated to those who work with patients and service users who lack capacity and are responsible for care planning. The case clarifies that where there is no evidence to show that an individual’s living arrangements in a hospital or care home are significantly different from the kind of life that anyone with their disability could normally expect wherever and in whatever setting they were living, the provision of their care and treatment will not, of itself, amount to a deprivation of liberty.' See [[Cheshire West and Chester Council v P (2011) EWCA Civ 1257#External_links]]

==Wales==
*Text of 16/1/12 Welsh circular email added: 'Further to the emails below, please find attached Welsh and English language versions of the Care and Treatment Plan template which was agreed by the National Assembly for Wales in December 2011. From 6 June 2012 mental health services in Wales will be required to deliver the care coordination and care and treatment planning provisions of Part 2 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 and the Mental Health (Care Coordination and Care and Treatment Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2011. The Care and Treatment Plan templates attached here meet the requirements of this legislation.' See [[Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010#Update emails]]

==Scotland==
*Scottish Government, 'Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) National Guidance 2012 Version 1 and Covering Justice and Communities Circular JD/01/2012' (12/1/12). See [[MAPPA]]

==Website==
*On 31/1/12 Mental Health Law Online contained [[Mental health case law|1128 categorised cases]]

*Thanks to the following for providing transcripts which were unpublished elsewhere:
**Alex Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Street Chambers for [[Re H; A Local Authority v H (2012) EWHC 49 (COP), (2012) MHLO 3]], [[Re JDS; Kevin Smyth v JDS (2012) COP 19334473 19/1/12, (2012) MHLO 4]], [[Re VW; NK v VW (2011) COP 27/10/10 11744555]] and [[Cardiff Council v Peggy Ross (2011) COP 28/10/11 12063905]]
**Victoria Butler-Cole of 39 Essex Street Chambers for [[Re C; C v Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council (2011) EWHC 3321 (COP)]]
**Sophy Miles of Miles & Partners LLP for [[Re Steven Neary; LB Hillingdon v Steven Neary (2011) EWHC 3522 (COP)]]

*The 'Criminal law cases' category has been split in to the following sub-categories: Criminal law capacity cases‎, Diminished responsibility cases‎, Hospital order cases‎, Hybrid order cases‎, Life sentence cases‎, Prison law cases, Restriction order cases, Sentence appeal cases‎, Unfitness and insanity cases, and Other criminal law cases‎. See [[:Category:Criminal law cases]]

*New category added for Court of Protection costs judgments. [[:Category:COP costs cases]]

*See [[January 2012 chronology]] for this month's changes to the website in date order

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