The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (in the Faculty of Law) and The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (in the School of Clinical Medicine) … Read More ›
Author: Alex RK
University Hospitals of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust v J (Medical Treatment: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 16 concerned whether it was in the best interests … Read More ›
PBM v TGT & X Local Authority [2019] EWCOP 6 addresses the questions of capacity to marry, enter into a prenuptial agreement and also disclosure … Read More ›
In TB v KB and LH (Capacity to Conduct Proceedings) [2019] EWCOP 14 Macdonald J had cause to consider the phenomenon of executive dysfunction in … Read More ›
Inspired (as so often) by Lucy Series, I have added a new LPS resources page on my website to accompany the Cheshire West resources page. … Read More ›
Confounding the expectations of those who had thought that the stalemate in Stormont meant there was no possibility that MCA (NI) 2016 would ever be … Read More ›
Given the passing of final Parliamentary hurdles by the LPS, facilitated by the abandonment of any statutory definition of deprivation of liberty, it was distinctly … Read More ›
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill passed its final legislative stage in the House of Lords this evening (24 April) and will shortly get Royal Assent … Read More ›
Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: an update on the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill; the DoLS backlog … Read More ›
Following the update of our guide to capacity assessments, the 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report team (with the invaluable assistance of Stephanie David) have … Read More ›