Warning: further shameless self-promotion. The 5th edition of the Assessment of Mental Capacity: A Practical Guide for Doctors and Lawyers (BMA/Law Society), edited by me, … Read More ›
Author: Alex RK
Shameless self-promotion alert: the fourth edition of the Legal Action Group Court of Protection Handbook is now available to pre-order, and will be available next … Read More ›
In a very helpful development anyone either interested in or involved in cases involving the medical treatment of children, Professor Jo Bridgeman has persuaded her … Read More ›
Along with Tor Butler-Cole QC and Neil Allen, I have updated our guide to “community deprivation of liberty” – i.e. judicial authorisation of deprivation of … Read More ›
Everyone’s Business is a safeguarding podcast, which explores interesting and unique perspectives in respect of safeguarding children and adults at risk. The series is part … Read More ›
In this conversation, I talk to Dr Chloe Beale about the uses and misuses of capacity in the context of responding to suicide risk. Warning, … Read More ›
In this video, recorded on 12 July 2022, I give an overview of how the LPS is relevant for care providers (primarily residential care providers), … Read More ›
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (‘CPT, which nb, as needs saying nowadays, has … Read More ›
The most recent publication from the Mental Health and Justice project is an article published in Frontiers in Psychiatry on 11 July 2022 led on … Read More ›
Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law (4th edition) (Edited by Christopher Johnston QC and Sophia Roper QC (Bloomsbury Professional, 2012, paperback and ebook, £110)) I described … Read More ›