Risk Assessment

I’m all too wary of newspaper coverage of cases which have appeared in courtrooms. Having been directly involved in enough cases to know that coverage is necessarily partial, it often misses things which can be important to understanding what has occurred. In fairness to newspapers, they have a few hundred words to summarise hearings whose […]

Time

A month or so back, on Sunday nights, the BBC aired episodes of Jimmy McGovern’s “Time“, a drama about the prison system. It was the best television I’ve seen in years and I ended up watching all three episodes, as if it were a film. I’ve since re-watched it all and I hope it goes […]

Government Response

In 2018, Professor Sir Simon Wessely concluded his review of the Mental Health Act 1983 and recommended certain actions. In early 2021, the Government published a White Paper with their suggested following that review and today, they have published their response to that consultation. This is an early post after a relatively light read. It highlights […]