Joseph Sneddon

I read yesterday for the first time of an investigation in to a mental health hospital restraint incident in Scotland which involved the police. This post is just to note it briefly as worth following until the outcome is known, because it involves a Crown Office investigation and a referral to Police Investigations and Review […]

So Entirely Avoidable

Sentencing remarks have been published after the guilty plea of Owen Herbert for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, actual bodily harm and assault on an emergency worker. Mr Herbert has been given a restricted hospital order (s37/41 of the Mental Health Act 1983) and remains in Broadmoor high security hospital, where he was […]

Joint Committee Report

A report of the Joint Committee on the Mental Health Bill 2022 was published this week. MPs and members of the Lords have jointly considered the draft Bill ahead of its parliamentary procedure and published a 164-page report. As you can imagine, it’s thorough, although I did look for comment on a few things which […]