Sentences with phrase «protecting vulnerable adults»

Negligence claims Protecting vulnerable adults

This case does not say that all local authorities must protect all vulnerable adults from abuse.

These cases have also revealed what many consider to be a defect with our current legal system in that it places no express obligation upon local authorities, or other public bodies, to protect vulnerable adults from abuse.

But what it does say is that, where a local authority (or possibly another public authority) could act to protect a vulnerable adult and it is aware of a real, specific and serious risk of abuse, its failure to act is likely to render it liable to pay damages in negligence.

The Hounslow case concerned proactive obligations to protect vulnerable adults.

There is increasing awareness that the High Court can be used to authorise / validate actions taken by local authorities to protect vulnerable adults.

Not exact matches

We just need the domestic violence laws already in place to protect adults to be extended to protect our most vulnerable, voiceless, voteless citizens, our children.

The Commission's report describes the current legal status of assisted dying as «inadequate and incoherent» and recommends that assisted dying be legalised for terminally ill adults alongside a number of important safeguards to protect vulnerable people, and the condition that «the patient must take the final action that will end their own life».

A spokesman said: «The criminal records bureau's first and foremost priority is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by assisting organisations who are recruiting people into positions of trust.

«Whether workers are plowing county roads in a blizzard, answering 911 calls, protecting our vulnerable children and adults or answering phones in the county office building, Marc sees the value in the services CSEA members provide for Dutchess County.

The attacks typically occur when the gulls are defending themselves and are most frequently seen during the breeding season, when adults protect vulnerable offspring.

Instead of generating new cells as expected, they cause adult cells to protect vulnerable nerve tissue from inflammation

All vulnerable adults who are dependent on others for care must be protected from financial, emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

A balance needed to be struck between the pressing social need to protect children and vulnerable adults, and the applicant's right to respect for private life.

In California, vulnerable elderly persons are protected by a number of laws, starting with the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act.

When schools, churches, nursing homes and other organizations fail to protect children and vulnerable adults from sexual predators, the victims often suffer lasting emotional harm.

Consideration should also be given to whether the reporting or disclosure restrictions will provide sufficient protection from the risk, whether the safety of the parties in cases where the court considers there are particular physical or health risks against which reporting restrictions may be inadequate to afford protection, and the extent to which the court should, of its own motion, take steps to protect the welfare of any vulnerable adult or child who is unrepresented before the court.

Our aim is to provide a service model that allows parents to reach easy, simple and efficient agreements which are in the best interests of children while at the same time protecting children and vulnerable adults from risk of harm.