Nottingham Appeal

The Court of Criminal Appeal heard evidence this week about the sentence for Valdo Calocane, the man convicted in January of the awful attacks which took place last year in Nottingham. It was announced shortly after he was sentenced that the Attorney General had referred the matter to the appeal court under the ‘unduly lenient‘ […]

RCEM Position Statement

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) issued a position statement on Right Care, Right Person in March 2024. It is re-produced in full, below only in case it subsequently is removed or amended in the future. Quite incidentally, I’ve realised since starting this website, I’ve often linked to things because they represent a position […]

Section 115 MHA

I went looking to find my post on section 115 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA), having been asked a question about it – idea was to save myself some time by just emailing the post and seeing if that took care of the question. Turns out I hadn’t written one! – so here […]