A venn diagram of policing, mental health and criminal justice
NB: on 2nd June 2026, the UK Supreme Court issued a new judgment in the “AGoNI Reference” which sets aside Cheshire West with immediate effect and re-determines what a “deprivation of liberty” is, for the purposes of British domestics laws. This article is therefore no longer reflective of current law. Earlier this month, Royal Assent […]
Read More The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019You may remember from late last year, I’ve made a large noise about the inquest in to the death of David Stacey in Leicester. David died in late 2017 and the inquest just before Christmas last year, concluded that his accidental death in road collision had been contributed to by the neglect of NHS services. […]
Read More A-B-C-D-E“Is this a house, a flat or a room where this person or another person lives?” … THAT’s what you have to ask yourself when trying to determine whether section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 can be used in a particular location. As this 2017 amendments to the Act were being drafted, along […]
Read More Boats and Tents and Campervans
