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The High Court’s landmark approval of the sterilisation of a man with learning difficulties will not be a “green light” for other cases, the solicitor for the Trust involved in the case has said.

Non-therapeutic sterilisation makes history

Tim Spencer-Lane highlights some of the faultlines in the Mental Capacity Act

District Judge Gordon Ashton examines capacity & the courts, through the pages of Atkin’s Court Forms

Barbara Hewson highlights some recent trends in reproductive rights

Gill Edwards considers why Rabone is a landmark human rights decision

Barbara Hewson examines the uneasy relationship between guardians & resistive patients

The psychological turmoil of breast implant removal & retention, by Hugh Koch Associates

Jacqueline Laing challenges the Falconer report

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Anthony Collins—20 promotions

Anthony Collins—20 promotions

20 promotions mark major people investment at national law firm, Anthony Collins

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa

Charles Russell Speechlys welcomes Claudina D’Costa as Director of Client Development Marketing

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