An unusual criminal case has recently featured in the Court of Appeal which I thought was worth noting.  In 2006, Paul Crerand was sentenced to life imprisonment after a brutal attack with a hammer on an elderly victim.  It was noted at the point of sentencing, he had previously been convicted for several violent offences, […]

Parliament has established a joint Committee to review the draft Mental Health Bill 2022 — The committee has issued a public call for evidence which runs until 16th September 2022 so there remains four weeks in which to make known any views you may have about the Bill. My own concerns circle around its obvious […]

A newly published independent care review highlights a number of points which I think are worth making about the arrangements between police forces and mental health trusts, and about the reviews of this kind which occur after a known mental health patient kills someone.  It also links to issues that arise more generally about future […]