Jackie Doyle-Price (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health), in a written statement today (30 October) set out the Government’s Interim Response to the Law Commission’s … Read More ›
Author: Alex RK
The next seminar in the ESRC-funded series “Safeguarding Adults and Legal Literacy” will take place in Chester on 24 November. Entitled ‘Intersections with mental capacity … Read More ›
The October 2017 Mental Capacity Reports are now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: serious medical … Read More ›
In LB Wandsworth v M & Ors [2017] EWHC 2435 (Fam), Hayden J was faced with a significant problem in relation to a child about … Read More ›
The decision in R (Conway) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] EWHC 2447 (Admin) is now available here.
The MCA 2005 came fully into force 10 years ago today, on 1 October 2007. Entirely understandably given the day of the week its birthday fell, … Read More ›
The Scottish Government is setting up a review to consider whether the provisions of the Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 fulfil the … Read More ›
Once again we are all indebted to Cardiff Law School for further research about the use of the Court of Protection in welfare cases. … Read More ›
District Judge Bellamy has very recently (20 September) added to the small but important body of case-law concerning Rule 3A in the context of so-called … Read More ›
Introduction In M v A Hospital [2017] EWCOP 19 Peter Jackson J (giving one of his last judgments before his elevation to the Court of Appeal) … Read More ›