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In a recent article, Dr. Laura Davidson reflected on the unusual Court of Protection case, In Re A (Covert medication: Closed Proceedings) [2022] EWCOP 44….
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No5’s Laura Davidson has published a chapter in a new book titled – Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights (Michael A. Stein, Faraaz Mahomed,…
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This article is reproduced with kind permission from the New Law Journal, published in the 18 September 2020 issue Laura Davidson examines the law on capacity to…
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Join the No5 Court of Protection Team in their second podcast in this series during the Covid-19 emergency. This episode focusses on the practicalities of…
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An advocate from a leading barristers’ chambers has published a new book which puts the spotlight on global mental health, highlighting the lack of its…
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This article first appeared here and is republished with the kind permission of New Law Journal How far does the state’s duty of care extend…
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In her article, “Duty of care: Inadequate safety nets?”, New Law Journal, 168(7849): 11-12, 19 July 2019, Laura Davidson critiques the ECtHR’s recent failures in Fernandes de Oliveira v Portugal [2019]…
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The article has been reproduced with kind permission from the Solicitors Journal While establishing that all psychiatric patients, regardless of status, are owed the same…
Two recent Court of Protection cases consider mental capacity and consent through the lens of internet and social media use. The Court of Protection was…
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Laura Davidson considers two recent Court of Protection cases examining capacity to use the internet and social media. Those with a subscription to the New…
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Read Laura Davidson’s comparative analysis of the law on the mental capacity of psychiatric patients in the UK and South Africa, recently published in the…
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Laura Davidson has written an article for the Solicitors Journal, titled ‘Fundamental Right to Liberty’, about the unusual judgment in the case of Rochdale MBC v…
London Borough of Redbridge v G, C and F [2014] EWCOP 17, COP(Ms. Justice Russell), 21st July 2014 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCOP/2014/17.html G was a frail, 94 year old lady…
The Supreme Court Judgment in P (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor (Appellant) v Cheshire West and Chester Council a and Another (Respondents); P and…
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No5 Chambers is pleased to inform you about a mental health awareness campaign being run by a charity co-founded by one of its members, Laura Davidson,…
