Z’s father was a senior social worker who was working with vulnerable adults. After it came to light that he had broken the mother’s hand causing permanent disability, verbally abused her in front of Z, and generally behaved in a threatening and coercive manner towards her, Social Work England started an investigation. As part of […]
The High Court reconsiders the ‘Galbraith Plus’ test in coronial proceedings, whether the ‘plus’ really adds anything, and if so, how it is to be applied in practice. On 29 November 2016, Lewis Skelton died as a result of being shot twice by a police officer, who was identified in the judgment of the Court […]
If you think the name Kuzmin is familiar you would be right. Dr Kuzmin has been involved in GMC proceedings since 2018, represented throughout by the doughty Mary O’Rourke KC. Apart from lengthy MPTS proceedings, the case has involved a High Court challenge leading to the conclusion that a Tribunal can draw an adverse inference from the […]
Many healthcare providers will be all too aware of how difficult it can be to obtain an interim injunction against the CQC. Hexpress Healthcare will present few surprises in this regard. However, two points of interest emerge. The court reconsiders the CQC’s procedure for considering factual accuracy comments (“FAC”) from a provider prior to publication. […]
If it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, then the coroner has demonstrated apparent bias. As the court touched on in Morahan, Article 2 and legal aid have a somewhat uncomfortable relationship. The need to secure funding encourages protracted and disproportionate struggles to demonstrate Article 2 is engaged. More unusually, in […]
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