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Many LPAs likely to now be formally invalid - what does this mean for me?

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The recent case of TA v The Public Guardian [2023] EWCOP 63 , concerned a 92-year-old lady (‘KA’ and the protected person ‘P’) who resided in a care home and had three children, including TA (the appellant). In 2019, KA executed...

Court Of Protection case study - National Schizophrenia Awareness Day

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It is National Schizophrenia Awareness Day on 25th July 2022. National Schizophrenia Awareness Day is hosted by the charity Rethink Mental Illness and aims to illustrate the challenges faced by people living with a diagnosis of schizophrenia in the UK....

Department of Health & Social Care updated guidance during COVID-19 pandemic

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The Department of Health & Social Care has very recently published additional guidance concerning the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Best interests decisions ...

Liberty Protection Safeguard Scheme - implementation delayed until 2022

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The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), designed to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), were due to be implemented later this year in October 2020. However following a recent government announcement, the LPS Scheme has now been delayed...

Victory over BBC equal gender pay claim

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It has been recently reported that the TV Presenter of Newswatch , Samira Ahmed, has argued with the BBC that her pay should have been on an equal footing with that of her fellow colleague, Jeremy Vine, TV Presenter of Points of View and had pursued the...

Ban on gender stereotyping in adverts

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It is understood that following a review of gender stereotyping in adverts by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s advertising watchdog has introduced a ban on adverts featuring “harmful gender stereotypes” or those which...

Using the Equality Act to secure accessible housing and facilities

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A recent judgment as handed down by Cardiff County Court, confirms the rights that disabled people have to make related alterations to their property under the Equality Act 2010 (the act). The case of Smailes & Poyner-Smailes v Clewer Court...

Muslim woman who refused handshake at job interview awarded £3,420 in compensation

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It has recently been reported that a Swedish Muslim woman attending a job interview in Sweden for a role as an interpreter was unsuccessful with her application, as a result of her refusing to shake the hand of her male interviewer for religious reasons....

Food Standards Agency publishes official statistics

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The release by the FSA on 18 th September 2017 provides a summary of local authority activity in relation to food law enforcement at food establishments for the year 2016/17. The Food Standards Agency (‘FSA’) is responsible for food safety...