The prolonged hot weather during the summer of 2022 brought news stories of people jumping into rivers, reservoirs, lakes and the sea - with tragic consequences.
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) is a legal framework designed to protect people who lack mental capacity, but who need to be deprived of liberty so they can be given care and treatment in a hospital or care home.
John Ingle, Highways Inspection Leader at Cumbria County Council (CCC) and Shaun O’Neil, Partner at DAC Beachcroft’s workshop at the 2022 ALARM National Conference explained the benefit of technology in defending claims
There is no denying that the last two years have been challenging and, in terms of the Scottish legal world, it has not always been easy to keep the wheels of justice turning in such unprecedented times.