Case and News Update Feed

Keeping abreast of case law and the latest news is always difficult and while the monthly update post I started helped me keep up with changes. It does mean a large update post every month in non-bitesize chunks.

I have therefore created the below list of sources from sites that write and talk about housing and mental health law (impartial and non-commercial as much as possible) so you can keep on top of the current news. If you have any recommendation of sites to include please let me know via our contact page.

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Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 337 – 16 December 2013 December 16, 2013YOUR EDITOR: Garden Court Chambers is proud to announce that the current Editor of this Bulletin, Jan Luba QC, has been included in the new list of the Top 100 QCs published last week. For more details, click here. He has additionally been included in the new list of the UK’s Best …– Delivered by Feed43 serviceHousing Law Bulletin – Issue 336 – 10 December 2013 December 10, 2013CONFERENCE SPECIAL: this week’s Bulletin is being published to coincide with the Annual Conference of the Housing Law Practitioners Association (HLPA) being held today in London. To join HLPA, or to find out more about its activities, click here. Housing Law News Housing Policy: in the …– Delivered by Feed43 serviceHousing Law Bulletin – Issue 335 – 2 December 2013 December 2, 2013STOP PRESS: the current editor of this Bulletin ( Jan Luba QC ) will be chairing and delivering presentations on social housing law THIS FRIDAY at the Housing Management Law Conference. To join him, click here. Housing Law News Legal Aid for Housing Possession Cases: housing possession …– Delivered by Feed43 service

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30/12/13 (23): 37 Park Square, ‘COP E-lerter’ (issue 10, 14/10/13). See Newsletters December 30, 201330/12/13 (22): Department of Health, ‘Ordinary Residence: Guidance on the identification of the ordinary residence of people in need of community care services, England’ (October 2013). See Ordinary residence December 30, 201330/12/13 (21): Extradition case. Arshad v Court of Magistrates Malta (2013) EWHC 3619 (Admin), (2013) MHLO 138 — Extradition case with mental health background. [Summary required.] December 30, 201330/12/13 (20): Criminal case. R v Yusuf (Nadia Ali) (2013) EWCA Crim 2077, (2013) MHLO 137 — The appellant sought a restricted hospital order in place of an IPP sentence, but was unsuccessful as her medical evidence addressed the current situation rather than the situation at the time of sentencing. December 30, 201330/12/13 (19): Miscellaneous case. R (McKay) v SSJ (2013) EWHC 3728 (Admin), (2013) MHLO 136 — Permission to apply for judicial review of the decision to refer the claimant prisoner to a prison Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) unit for assessment was refused because it was ‘a classic example of a situation in which two experts disagree’ and it was not for the court to interfere and substitute its own view. December 30, 201330/12/13 (18): Criminal case (neglect). R v Kenyon (Lindsay) (2013) EWCA Crim 2123, (2013) MHLO 135 — Unsuccessful appeal against eight-month sentence for eight offences of neglect of a person who lacks capacity contrary to MCA 2005 s44. December 30, 201330/12/13 (17): Criminal case. R v Anderson (Darren Gabriel) (2013) EWCA Crim 2212, (2013) MHLO 134 — Appellant sought restricted hospital order, in place of IPP and s45A hybrid order, but was unsuccessful. December 30, 201330/12/13 (16): 37 Park Square, ‘COP E-lerter’ (issue 11, 23/12/13). See Newsletters December 30, 201330/12/13 (15): Scottish Government, ‘A Consultation on draft proposals for a Mental Health (Scotland) Bill’ (December 2013). From Scottish Government website: “This consultation paper seeks views on proposals for a draft Mental Health Bill. This draft Bill brings forward changes to improve the operation of the 2003 Act – notably in relation to named persons, advance statements, medical matters and suspension of detention. In addition the draft Bill makes provision for a Victim Notification Scheme for victims of Mentally Disordered Offenders.” Consultation from 23/12/13 to 25/3/14. See Consultations#Scotland December 30, 201330/12/13 (14): New page. Victims of crime — This page contains links to information in relation to victims of crime. December 30, 2013