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NLJ this week: Gold on justice & COVID-19

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19 April 2020
Issue: 7883 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Procedure & practice
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Court of Protection judge Mr Justice Hayden used Skype in a rapidly arranged hearing about an Alzheimer’s sufferer in a care home, whose daughter wanted to bring him home due to the COVID-19 suspension on visitors, NLJ columnist DDJ Gold writes this week

Although the man’s rights could be derogated from in a time of emergency, and the daughter could not realistically care for him, the court found a solution by arranging for Skype calls and allowing the family to go to his ground floor bedroom window.

Also covering Tomlin by Zoom, bundles, injunctions and electrical safety, Gold glistens here.

Issue: 7883 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Procedure & practice
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