Gary Fawcett considers two recent care cases he has dealt with recently where ‘recusal’ has cropped up.

Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) examines a recent High Court case concerning the Mental Health Act, ‘detainability,’ and judicial scrutiny (and the real underlying problems of children with complex needs).

A High Court judge recently made some important observations on the making of FGM protection orders in the future. Adam Kayani examines the ruling.

Natasha Davison and Chloe Poskitt set out the key take-aways from two recent cases in relation to dispute resolution procedures.

Emily Price analyses two recent Court of Protection cases that concerned the treatment of long-term relationships.

The Administrative Court has considered the extent possible child criminal exploitation can impact a school’s decision to permanently exclude. Leon Glenister explains the ruling.

A failure to abide by court rules meant that a judicial review claim challenging the grant of planning permission for the Bristol Sporting Quarter project failed at the first hurdle. Kary Withers explains why.

Following recent changes in the law and guidance, as well as recent media coverage of housing issues, there is a significant rise in housing disrepair claims. Mandy Williams and Nichola Johnston anticipate this trend will continue together with an increase in claims’ complexity.

Michael Owen, Sumi Begum and May Atkinson round up the latest cases and court decisions of interest to housing associations and local authorities.

A recent bid for judicial review concerned the inconsistency between a council's unpublished guidance and its housing allocations scheme. Jeremy Ogilvie-Harris analyses the outcome.

Toby Vanhegan examines a recent High Court ruling on whether a claimant could bring a section 204 appeal out of time.

A recent High Court ruling could help with the defence of cycling pothole claims, writes John Goodman.

Simon Barnes highlights the key aspects which are relevant to local government from the recent Court of Appeal judgment dismissing a challenge to a development consent order affecting Stonehenge.

David Lock KC asks whether a “longitudinal approach” to when decisions can lawfully be made by patients with fluctuating capacity is consistent with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (“the MCA”) and, if it is not, whether there is a better framework that could be used to enable decisions to be taken to protect this vulnerable class of persons using the inherent jurisdiction.

Holly Tibbitts examines new recommendations from a working group of the Civil Justice Council on determining capacity to litigate in civil proceedings.

Sarah Hutchinson summarises recent Family Division rulings on an application by a father for a boy subject to a care order to be circumcised, and an application by an NHS for permission for NG feeding and restraint in respect of a 12-year old girl with anorexia nervosa.

Matthew Timm analyses a Family Court ruling that a local authority had failed to discharge the burden of proof in asserting that injuries to a child when he was eight months old were inflicted by one or other of his parents.

Eleanor Hull analyses a successful appeal by a local authority against the refusal of an application for a placement order.

Kuljit Bhogal KC and Sarah Salmon explain why a defendant was recently convicted of breaching a PSPO near an abortion clinic.

“Hairstrand testing has its limitations.” So why are drug tests not always treated this way in the Family Court? Stephen Williams looks at the issues.