1 February 2010 | Mark Tudor
From April 2009, by a wholesale amendment of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (the “Bournewood Amendments”) Care Homes are forbidden to deprive residents of their liberty unless a strict and rigorous procedure...
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1 February 2010 | Mark Tudor
The Authorisations
It may be a comfort to know that the ultimate responsibility for deciding whether DoL is necessary, rests with the appropriate local authority (known as the “Supervisory Body”)...
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29 January 2010 | Mark Weston
The Government has announced that it plans to create the ‘G-Cloud’ - a cloud of software applications for the public sector to use. The aim is to save £3 billion a year so that central government,...
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27 January 2010 | Fiona Baker |
The past two years have seen an increase in shared ownership schemes offered by developers, as they seek to assist first time buyers in getting their foot on the property ladder.
In addition to the...
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27 January 2010 | Karin Holt
On 19 January 2010, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) published its investigation into residential development on gardens in England.
"Garden grabbing" has become a contentious...
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21 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The way the public sector handles personal data is improving. Those are the findings of the first annual report on the progress made since the Data Handling Review. The Review was conducted by Gus O’Donnell,...
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21 January 2010 | Mark Weston
Tim Berners-Lee – the person who created the world wide web – has revealed some of the details of an exciting new project he has been working on for the Government. A new web site at www.data.gov.uk...
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21 January 2010 | David Marsden
John Healey, the Housing Minister, has told local authorities to use their powers to ban or limit the practice known as ‘garden grabbing’.
Following the introduction of the Planning Act 2008, the...
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14 December 2009 | Amanda Melton
Mr Justice Hedley was so annoyed by the antics of Orkney Island Council ("OIC") and Cambridgeshire County Council ("CCC") that he declared "time-out" before delivering his judgement in the case of Re "I"...
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3 December 2009 | Mark Weston
The Bribery Bill has been re-introduced to Parliament following the examination of the initial Bribery Bill, which had been originally put before Parliament in March. The Bribery Bill aims to modernise...
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