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Mental Health Act community treatment order – Whether a community treatment order can contain conditions amounting to a deprivation of liberty – Construction of statutory provisions interfering with fundamental human rights – Purpose of a community treatment order – Power of Mental Health Review Tribunal in respect of community treatment order conditions.
[2019] Med LR 75
Damages – Illegality – Public policy – Conflict of laws – Surrogacy – Whether damages recoverable for cost of foreign commercial surrogacy arrangements unlawful if made in the United Kingdom – Whether damages recoverable for cost of surrogacy arrangements using own or donor eggs – General damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity.
[2019] Med LR 99
Consent to embyro use for in vitro fertilisation – Contractual liability – Damages for pecuniary loss for upbringing of unwanted child – Public policy acting as bar to such damages.
[2019] Med LR 119
Meaning of “after-care services” within section 117 of Mental Health Act 1983 – Expenses travelling to support patient – Use of Mental Health Act Code of Practice to interpret Mental Health Act – Statutory interpretation.
[2019] Med LR 88
Fatal accident claim – Murder of third party – Clinical negligence – Breach of human rights – Adequacy of Mental Health Act assessment – Obligation to warn third party and police of risk posed by patient – Duty to protect public – Adequacy of police response – Right to life – Prevention of inhuman and degrading treatment.
[2019] Med LR 1