Researchers on the AHRC-funded project, Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law, based at the ICPR, Birkbeck School of Law, have pioneered a training … Read More ›
Author: Alex RK
In Hull City Council v A & Ors [2021] EWCOP 60, Poole J was concerned with – in effect – what was less bad: allowing a … Read More ›
In North West London Clinical Commissioning Group v GU [2021] EWCOP 59, Hayden J made a series of very powerful observations about the obligations imposed … Read More ›
What (if any) threshold needs to be satisfied before the Court of Protection can exercise its (relatively) newly discovered ‘contingency’ jurisdiction? This important question was … Read More ›
When can a mental health patient lawfully remain in the community, rather than in hospital, but be deprived of their liberty there? In 2018, the … Read More ›
The quarterly online update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available, covering key practice and procedure updates to the text of the main … Read More ›
In The Secretary of State for Justice v A Local Authority & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1527, the Court of Appeal has overturned the decision … Read More ›
The October 2021 Mental Capacity Report is about to hit subscribers‘ inboxes. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty … Read More ›
How does coercive control impact upon decision-making? And what can – and should – the courts do when the victim of coercive control cannot countenance … Read More ›
The MCA 2005 came into force 14 years ago today, 1 October 2007. To mark its birthday, I’ve recorded a top 10 Court of Protection … Read More ›