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DoLS caseloads hit record levels
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards caseloads hit record levels in 2021-22, official figures show. Councils in England received 270,650 applications to
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DoLS caseloads hit record levels
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards caseloads hit record levels in 2021-22, official figures show. Councils in England received 270,650 applications to
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Deprivation of liberty: rules helping authorities place children across border in Scotland come into force
Rules making it easier for authorities to place children in residential care in Scotland from the rest of the UK under deprivation of liberty (DoL)
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Deprivation of liberty: rules helping authorities place children across border in Scotland come into force
Rules making it easier for authorities to place children in residential care in Scotland from the rest of the UK under deprivation of liberty (DoL)
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National DoLs court launched to handle children’s deprivation of liberty cases
Story updated 23 June 2022 The leading family judge has launched a National DoLs (deprivation of liberty) Court to handle applications to deprive
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Man unlawfully deprived of liberty gets £355,000 council payout
A man who was unlawfully deprived of his liberty in a care home has won a £355,000 payout from the council that placed him there. Lawyers for the
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Government launches consultation on Liberty Protection Standards
The Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Justice have launched a consultation to update the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice to
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Liberty Protection Safeguards: consultation launched on implementation and new MCA code
The govrnment today launched its long-awaited consultation on implementing the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) and a revised code of practice on
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SDG Report 2020: The Civil, Political, Economic, Social, Cultural, and Development Rights Crises Deepening in the Global South
The United Nations recently released its Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020, and the results are expectedly grim during this global
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English local authorities face average seven-month DoLS case backlog, official figures suggest
English councils face deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) case backlogs that in some cases would take years to clear, according to official
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High Court blocks deprivation of liberty damages claim
The High Court has denied a learning disabled man the right to pursue a claim for up to £150,000 in damages against a council he claimed unlawfully
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How the DoLS can give voice to people with minimal consciousness
By Jakki Cowley Earlier this week, Paul Briggs died, eighteen months after sustaining a traumatic brain injury in a road traffic collision that left
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DoLS checks ‘exposing care failings missed by other assessments’
The much-criticised Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are helping uncover failings in the care of vulnerable people that have been missed by other
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Thousands of ‘unnecessary’ DoLS inquests causing families distress
Bereaved families are being caused distress by an “unwanted” duty for inquests to be carried out into deaths of anyone under a Deprivation of
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Guide to the law on deprivation of liberty of children
By Belinda Schwehr There are likely to be a number of children and young people with disabilities who are deprived of their liberty without lawful