For people who consider their loved ones well cared for, safe, and happy, the pre‑AGNI deprivation of liberty (DoL) processes were nonsensical and often intrusive. For that reason, the current judgment brings a sense of relief to many. But for other individuals, whose daily lives are dictated and constrained by institutional or quasi‑institutional regimes, with simple choices removed from their decisional space, and an array of human‑rights abuses hidden behind closed cultures, this judgment may have a more detrimental impact.
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Overturning Cheshire West and my Grandma’s experience of ‘the death house’ care home
Born in 1930, my Grandma was funny, cheeky, loving and firmly opinionated. She had been diagnosed with end-stage heart failure and vascular dementia, with fluctuating capacity and had been living happily in a small nursing home…
The Supreme Court’s judgment is an opportunity returning us to common sense
by Lorraine Currie, 11th June 2026 The image accompanying this blog has been provided by Lorraine’s daughter: the Magic Artist, Grace. To see her artwork (and for details about how to purchase it), you can visit her website: https://gracecurrie.art Editorial Note: this is the first of many blog posts we plan to publish in the wakeContinue reading “The Supreme Court’s judgment is an opportunity returning us to common sense”
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 