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==Case summaries==
*Upper Tribunal case. {{pagesummary|DC v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (2012) UKUT 92 (AAC), (2012) MHLO 53}}

*Section 139 case. {{pagesummary|DD v Durham County Council (2012) EWHC 1053 (QB), (2012) MHLO 51}}

*Criminal appeal. {{pagesummary|R v Parkins (2012) EWCA Crim 856, (2012) MHLO 50}}

*PI quantum case. {{pagesummary|Verlander v Rahman (2012) EWHC 1026 (QB), (2012) MHLO 49}}

*OS's costs case. {{pagesummary|Re D (Official Solicitor's costs); An NHS Trust v D (2012) EWHC 886 (COP), (2012) MHLO 48}} Transcript provided by Alex Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Street Chambers

*PVS case. {{pagesummary|Re D; An NHS Trust v D (2012) EWHC 885 (COP), (2012) MHLO 47}} Transcript provided by Alex Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Street Chambers

*Article 3 case. {{pagesummary|MS v UK 24527/08 (2012) ECHR 804, (2012) MHLO 46}}

==Case transcripts==
*Capacity case. {{pagesummary|Re G (2012) EWCA Civ 431, (2012) MHLO 52}}

*Best interests case. {{pagesummary|LB Haringey v FG (No. 2) (2011) EWHC 3933 (COP)}} Transcript provided by Alex Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Street Chambers

*Capacity case. {{pagesummary|LB Haringey v FG (No. 1) (2011) EWHC 3932 (COP)}} Transcript provided by Alex Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Street Chambers

*OS's costs case. {{pagesummary|B v B (2010) EWHC 543 (Fam)}} Transcript provided by Alex Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Street Chambers

==Newsletter==
*39 Essex Street, 'Court of Protection Newsletter' (issue 21, May 2012). The cases mentioned in this issue are: B v B (2010) EWHC 543 (Fam) — LB Haringey v FG (No. 1) (2011) EWHC 3932 (COP) — LB Haringey v FG (No. 2) (2011) EWHC 3933 (COP) — Dunhill v Burgin (2012) EWCA Civ 397, (2012) MHLO 33 — Re JC; D v JC (2012) MHLO 35 (COP) — Re D; An NHS Trust v D (2012) EWHC 885 (COP), (2012) MHLO 47 — Re D (Official Solicitor's costs); An NHS Trust v D (2012) EWHC 886 (COP), (2012) MHLO 48 — Verlander v Rahman (2012) EWHC 1026 (QB), (2012) MHLO 49. See [[39 Essex Street COP Newsletter#May 2012]]

==Articles==
*David Hewitt, 'Deprivation of liberty can never be "normal"' (Solicitors Journal, 21/5/12). Another article critical of the Court of Appeal's decision in Cheshire West. See [[Cheshire West and Chester Council v P (2011) EWCA Civ 1257]]

*Martha Spurrier, 'The great safety net' (Solicitors Journal, 2/4/12). Reproduced by kind permission. See [[DL v A Local Authority (2012) EWCA Civ 253, (2012) MHLO 32]]

*Steve Doughty, 'Father of two with motor neurone disease wins right to die by blinking his eye after judge's landmark ruling' (Daily Mail, 1/5/12). See [[Settled cases and forthcoming judgments#Re XB (advance decision, Theis J)]]

*Simon Edwards, 'Capacity and tenancies/licences' (39 Essex Street, 19/4/12). See [[39 Essex Street COP Newsletter#May 2012]]

*Rosalind English, 'Delay in transferring mental health patient for treatment amounted to "inhumane treatment"' (3/5/12). This article concludes: 'This is a prime example of using Article 3 as a social and economic right, not a basic civil right, and thus extended leaves publicly funded authorities to carry out difficult jobs with threats of litigation looming on all sides. The UK courts recognised this claim for what it was, and dismissed it. Strasbourg should have done the same.' See [[MS v UK 24527/08 (2012) ECHR 804, (2012) MHLO 46]]

*Mental Health Cop Blog, 'MS v UK' (4/5/12). This article is in favour of the MS v UK judgment and makes points in relation to (1) place of safety arguments, (2) accessing psychiatric beds, (3) media coverage, and (4) implications. See [[MS v UK 24527/08 (2012) ECHR 804, (2012) MHLO 46]]

*ECtHR, 'Prolonged police detention of mentally-ill man without adequate medical care violated his Convention rights' (Press release ref ECHR 195 (2012), 3/5/12). This is the court's summary of the judgment. See [[MS v UK 24527/08 (2012) ECHR 804, (2012) MHLO 46]]

==Legal Aid==
*LSC, 'Legal Aid Bill gets Royal Assent' (1/5/12). The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 is due to amend the scope, eligibility and other aspects of the legal aid scheme on 1/4/13. In order to implement the changes, the Legal Services Commission will tender for new contracts for face-to-face advice and/or telephone advice in certain areas of law (not mental health or community care). The Commission will be replaced by the Legal Aid Agency, which will be an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice. See [[Legal Aid News]]

==CQC==
*CQC, 'Changes to consent to treatment for patients subject to a CTO' (May 2012). This page explains the change to the regulations. See [[CQC]]

*Form CTO12 section 64C(4A) - certificate that community patient has capacity to consent (or if under 16 is competent to consent) to treatment and has done so (Part 4A consent certificate). See [[Mental Health Act 1983 Statutory Forms]]

==Scotland==
*{{rsum|Scott Blair, 'A Summary of Mental Health Caselaw' (21/3/12)}}

*Valerie Mays, 'Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland: Case Digest' (December 2011). See [[Scotland]]

==Wales==
*Text of two Welsh Government updates added: 25/4/12 (Mental Health - Primary Care Referrals and Eligibility to Conduct Primary Care Assessments - Wales - Regulations 2012) and 24/4/12 (Laying of the Code of Practice to Parts 2 and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010). See [[Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010]]

*Consultation on a Separate Legal Jurisdiction for Wales (27/3/12 to 19/6/12). The Welsh Government are consulting on making things even more unnecessarily complicated, by creating an entirely separate legal jurisdiction for Wales. See [[Consultations#Wales]]

==Book==
*New book published. The book is written as a guide for criminal lawyers representing those with mental disorder in the criminal justice system, but should be of interest to mental health lawyers also: {{bookold|gledhill}}

==Website==
*On 30/4/12 Mental Health Law Online contained [[Mental health case law|1187 categorised cases]]
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*Thanks to Alex Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Street Chambers for the transcripts of [[Verlander v Rahman (2012) EWHC 1026 (QB), (2012) MHLO 49]], [[Re D (Official Solicitor's costs); An NHS Trust v D (2012) EWHC 886 (COP), (2012) MHLO 48]], [[Re D; An NHS Trust v D (2012) EWHC 885 (COP), (2012) MHLO 47]], [[LB Haringey v FG (No. 1) (2011) EWHC 3932 (COP)]], [[LB Haringey v FG (No. 2) (2011) EWHC 3933 (COP)]], and [[B v B (2010) EWHC 543 (Fam)]].
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