Northern Ireland Government to ask Supreme Court whether amended Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice satisfies Article 5 even if approach is different to Cheshire West
The Attorney-General for Northern Ireland has made a reference to the Supreme Court over whether proposed changes to Northern Ireland's Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice that differ from the approach set out in the landmark Cheshire West ruling nevertheless satisfy Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to liberty).