In addition, Russell has expertise in professional and clinical negligence and injury claims and acts for local authorities and healthcare trusts in consent and treatment cases including «best interests» applications,
deprivation of liberty applications and under the Court's inherent jurisdiction.
Not exact matches
Their lordships agreed that the definition
of deprivation of liberty was a «grey zone»» and, fol lowing the European Court
of Human Rights in Guzzardi v Italy (
Application 7367/76)(1980) 3 EHRR 533, a question
of «degree or intensity and not one
of nature or substance».
This case is important because it provides detailed guidance to RPRs and s. 39D IMCAs to assist them in deciding whether or not they should bring an
application to the Court
of Protection to challenge P's
deprivation of liberty.
I advise on capacity, best interests and
deprivation of liberty cases, serious medical treatment cases,
applications to the Court
of Protection and the Inherent Jurisdiction
of the High Court, legal frameworks for packages
of care for service users whose behaviour challenges and children transitioning into adult services.
Holly regularly advises and acts in cases concerning the range
of community care issues, including needs assessment and provision, capacity issues and Court
of Protection
applications,
deprivation of liberty, deputy appointments, etc..