The latest rulings on ?the confinement of children suggest that even the most draconian decisions will be lawful ?if made with the ?parents' consent, ?says David Hewitt
The addition of ‘purpose' by the English courts to the factors relevant 'in assessing whether there has been a deprivation of liberty can wrongly provide 'a justification to an otherwise unlawful measure, says Laura Davidson
By ruling that the husband of woman who went to Dignitas after being refused access to lethal drugs in her own country, had his own article 8 rights engaged as a carer, the Strasbourg court has taken autonomy into a new dimension
Susi Dunn reviews the state of the law on Inheritance Act claims after the Lilleyman case, the lottery winners' joint accounts case, and the new reduced IHT rate for charity legacies