SJ Hilder’s view was that it would be wrong for planned surgery to be delayed while legal framework issues were resolved. The judge ran this hearing with clinical precision, setting out clearly wh…| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
That experience has helped me to understand, on a visceral level, how easily autonomy can be subsumed under the guise of safety, support, and risk management. I notice the gulf between how I descri…| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
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Honestly, we can’t begin to predict now what will happen. The Liberty Protection Safeguards are on hold, in the longest of the long grass. Will they ever happen or is that it now? If not the Liberty Protection Safeguards, might something else energe? Or will others in the future build on the work done so […]| Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science