Insights: Safeguarding

The High Court awards 80% costs to the Official Solicitor against an NHS Trust who failed to act swiftly to bring a treatment case before the Court.

Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 ("MHA") imposes a joint duty on Integrated Care Boards ("ICBs") and Local Authorities ("LAs") to work with voluntary agencies to provide after-care services for anyone discharged from detention under section 3, section 37, section 45A, section 47 or section 48 of the MHA when they leave hospital[1].

The most recent storyline in Coronation Street has had viewers following the disturbing story of Yasmeen Nazir and how she has been involved in an abusive relationship with Geoff Metcalfe.

Are parents gendered? By that I mean does "mother" denote female and "father" denote male?

Ward Hadaway has expanded its team in Manchester with the appointment of four new lawyers, specialising in family matters.

Agreeing on contact arrangements for parents and children during the Christmas period can be a difficult process for some separated families.

The case of Poole Borough Council v GN and another [2019] UKSC 25 was seen as a long awaited attempt to clarify the extent to which public authorities could be found to have a duty of care towards those (in this case children) whom they come into contact with in exercising their functions, for example, under child welfare legislation.

A Women in the Law UK event sponsored by award-winning Manchester law firm Ward Hadaway has been hailed a huge success after it sold out in record time.