The Court of Appeal has today – 10 February – dismissed the appeal in the case of Bostridge v Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, confirming ([2015] … Read More ›
Author: Alex RK
The February 2015 Newsletters are now out, revamped to reflect the fact that Thirty Nine Essex Street is now 39 Essex Chambers. The launch of the new Chambers website has … Read More ›
In what may count as a rare bit of good news in the battle for clarity as to exactly what constitutes a deprivation of liberty[1], the … Read More ›
The CQC published on 26 January its fifth annual report on the use of the DOLS regime, covering the period 2013-4. It also takes the opportunity … Read More ›
Black Rainbow: How words healed me – my journey through depression: Rachel Kelly (Yellow Kite, 2014: £16.99) This book does not relate to mental capacity … Read More ›
The new Mental Health Act Code of Practice has been published, to come into force in April subject to Parliamentary approval. Importantly, for capacity nerds, … Read More ›
With thanks to Niall Fry of DH for permission to reproduce this, here is a letter sent out to MCA/DOLS leads on 14 January including an … Read More ›
[Note – this guidance has now been superseded by new guidance (16A) available here. It has been kept as a historical reference, but should not … Read More ›
Welcome to the December Mental Capacity Law Newsletters. Highlights this month include: 1. In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter: Mostyn J takes … Read More ›
This is not an update, but a request for your assistance with a really important cause. Three colleagues and I from Chambers have joined forces … Read More ›