On 20-22 October 2025, the Supreme Court heard a case in which they were invited to re-consider the definition of deprivation of liberty. You can view a recording of the proceedings on the Supreme Court’s website. This page contains (in reverse chronological order of publication) the links to all of our blogs about the case ( formally known by the distinctly un-catchy title “A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 UKSC/0042)
7th December 2025 Positive Obligations under Article 5 and The Attorney General’s Reference to the UKSC by Matthew Evans and Eleanor Sibley
21st November 2025 If you were a Supreme Court judge, how would you decide Cheshire West Revisited? By Sandra and Joe Preston, Lorraine Currie, Alison Golding, Eleanor Tallon, Hilary Paxton, Mary Kadzirange, and Lucy Series (with an introduction by Daniel Clark)
19th November 2025 The Mostyn Objection by Sir Nicholas Mostyn
14th November 2025 Abstract argument: The Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Reference to the Supreme Court by Peter Mant KC and Nicola Kohn
10th November 2025 When open justice undermines public confidence: Scrutinising the Supreme Court by Celia Kitzinger
29th October 2025 “Liberty” in the Supreme Court by Eleanor Tallon
28th October 2025 Reflections of a freelance mental capacity consultant on the Supreme Court case about deprivation of liberty by Lorraine Currie
21st October 2025 A summary of the arguments heard by the Supreme Court by Daniel Clark
19th October 2025 Cheshire West returns to the Supreme Court: The position of the parties by Daniel Clark
19th October 2025 Place Your Bets: The Supreme Court vs The Spirit of Cheshire West by Tilly Baden
17th October 2025 Reform, not rollback: Reflections from a social worker and former DOLS lead on the upcoming Supreme Court case about deprivation of liberty by Claire Webster
9th October 2025 Cheshire West Revisited by Lucy Series
7th October 2025 Reconsidering Cheshire West in the Supreme Court: Is a gilded cage still a cage? by Daniel Clark
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 