All Legal articles – Page 138
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Law Lords overturn illegal detention ruling
Managers and patient groups have welcomed a Law Lords ruling which will mean thousands of people detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act can be treated as voluntary patients again.
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New powers for commissioner 'can cut lawsuits against NHS'
New powers for the health service commissioner to investigate clinical complaints could mean fewer legal actions against the NHS, his annual report suggests today.
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Trust chair checks law after hepatitis op case
A trust chair is considering a legal challenge to guidelines that allow doctors carrying communicable diseases to perform operations.
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In the frame of the law
Clinical governance will put chief executives in the firing line on medical issues. Pat Healy reports
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Aid stays as lawyers gear up to no-win no-fee claims
The Lord Chancellor took a breather last month from leafing through wallpaper books, ransacking the nation's art galleries and unearthing abandoned Pugin water closets. Lord Irvine unveiled his long-anticipated legal aid reforms, which were expected to abolish state aid for all money and damages claims and replace it with free ...
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In Brief: Public Law Project
The Public Law Project, a charity which helps bring legal challenges to decisions of public bodies, runs an NHS advice line staffed by solicitors for NHS users 'who have problems with NHS bureaucracy'.
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CHCs demand new law to end HAs' 'closed-door meetings'
Community health council leaders are demanding changes in the law and new guidance on openness to stop health authorities going behind closed doors to vote through service cutbacks.