JJ has many health-related issues. In particular, he is quadriplegic: he is paralysed from the neck down and has lost function in all four limbs. He requires 24-hour care and assistance with all...

The ICO has recently published new guidance for employers on processing information about a worker's health...

On Saturday 2 September 2023, the much-anticipated government consultation into a new licencing scheme for non-surgical cosmetic procedures was launched and can be found...

New guidance was issued in May 2022 by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to replace earlier guidance jointly published with the Home Office and the Department for Health in 2002 following the...

Self-harm is a serious concern in prison environments, where prisoners may resort to self-destructive behaviours as a way to cope with the challenges and stresses of a prison environment. Managing...

Throughout the coronial process, coroners have a duty to issue PFD reports, also known as Regulation 28 reports, where there is a concern that further deaths will occur in similar or the same circumstances. Once a PFD report has been issued, a person or organisation must provide a response, which may be published...

The Court of Appeal recently ruled upon this application for a fresh inquest, in circumstances where the deceased’s benefits had been removed shortly before she took her own life. The judgment is of interest as to the extent to which coroners are required to answer the question of ‘why’ in an inquest...

The 2022 coroners statistics were published by the Ministry of Justice on 11 May 2023 and shed light on the national coronial picture for the last year...

This summer has seen a number of legal judgments involving healthcare professionals which re-articulate long-established principles at their heart, but which raise various procedural issues of which practitioners should be aware...

The recent case of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v RL, VL and XY NHS Trust [2023] EWCOP 22 provides some useful guidance...

Earlier this year, the government confirmed that the Mental Capacity Act 2005 would not be changed to make it easier for parents to access children’s saving accounts after they turn 18...

The dust has now settled since the government’s announcement in April 2023, that the Liberty Protection Safeguards will not now be introduced this side of a general election, which it is anticipated will be held in autumn 2024...