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Adult incapacity – Guardianship order – Application for directions. Sheriff Court: In an application under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 in which a local authority sought directions in respect of the exercise of power in a guardianship order to restrict contact between an adult, who was incapable of giving informed consent to having sexual relations, and her boyfriend, with whom she wished to have sexual relations, the court was unable to give any directions which would ease the dilemma the council faced, although it suggested that consideration be given to revisiting the question of whether the adult was capable of consenting to sexual relations.
Adult incapacity – Guardianship order – Application for directions. Sheriff Court: In an application under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 in which a local authority sought directions in respect of the exercise of power in a guardianship order to restrict contact between an adult, who was incapable of giving informed consent to having sexual relations, and her boyfriend, with whom she wished to have sexual relations, the court was unable to give any directions which would ease the dilemma the council faced, although it suggested that consideration be given to revisiting the question of whether the adult was capable of consenting to sexual relations.
The Bar Council will press for investment in justice at party conferences, the Chancellor’s Budget and Spending Review
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If you are in/about to start pupillage, you will soon be facing the pupillage stage assessment in professional ethics. Jane Hutton and Patrick Ryan outline exam format and tactics
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To mark the fifth anniversary of the Bar Standards Board’s Race Equality Taskforce, Dee Sekar reflects on key milestones, the role of regulation in race equality, and calls for views on the upcoming equality rules consultation
Daniel Barnett serves up a host of summer shows
Britain needs to get over its shameful denial of racism, call it what it is and start to effectively deal with the problem, says Vithyah Chelvam
