Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: Capacity to refuse treatment while on a CTO and deprivations of liberty for children.Click here to download the HWDOL Report.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Ment... Read more  

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: religion and the burdens of treatment; vaccine case law update; and making the decisions the person would have made.Click here to download the HWDOL Report.For all of our reports, newsletters ... Read more  

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Supreme Court takes on capacity, learning to learn, and capacity and illicit substances.Click here to download the HWDOL Report.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit o... Read more  

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Sexual Offences Act, care workers, and paying for sex; and obligations that cannot be avoided in the context of decisions about serious medical treatment.Click here to download the HWDOL R... Read more  

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the 14th birthday of the MCA, an important case about the scope and limits of ADRTs, and the impact of coercive control on capacity.Click here to download the HWDOL Report.For all of our repor... Read more  

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: capacity, silos and pigeon-holes, medical treatment dilemmas, and the limits of support.Click here to download the HWDOL Report.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our M... Read more  

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: substance over form in DoLS authorisations, complex questions of coercion in medical treatment, and the limits of fluctuating capacity in the context of sex.Click here to download the HWDOL Re... Read more  

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: a judgment looking beyond the diagnosis, paying for sex and the Court of Protection, navigating autism and indoctrination and relevant updates about visiting guidance in relation to care homes... Read more  

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: two cases each on vaccination, how long to keep going with life-sustaining treatment and obstetric arrangements, and important decisions on both family life and sexual relations.Click here to ... Read more  

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: vaccination; interim authority to treat pending a final order, and a further LPS impact assessment.Click here to download the HWDOL ReportFor all of our reports, newsletters and cases please v... Read more