On the 6th November 2023 – an Article 2, jury inquest will commence in Exeter after the death of Thomas Orchard in the city over a decade ago.  Thomas died in police custody in October 2012, more than eleven years prior to these proceedings beginning and it’s the single longest period I’ve yet known for […]

Here we are, more than a decade in to this blog, almost 1,000 posts about various topics and a question came up today which I instantly knew we hadn’t covered – because it doesn’t come up very often at all. There’s loads of law in this one, so ensure you have a hot, sweet beverage […]

This week, the Metropolitan Police will commence its implementation Right Care, Right Person programme.  You may recall from May of this year, it was reported the Commissioner had written to his healthcare partners in the capital to tell them this change in approach would take effect from September.  After various responses from healthcare organisations, medical […]