In A-MV v Finland, (Application no. 53251/13, decision of 23 March 2017), the European Court of Human Rights considered carefully but rejected a central tenet … Read More ›
Category: Legislative developments
Proving less is not always more, some helpful feedback received via the great echo chamber of Twitter suggests that I might want to emphasise two … Read More ›
The problem There is a significant cohort of individuals who (1) do not lack capacity for purposes of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (‘MCA 2005’); … Read More ›
The wait is now over! The Law Commission’s Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty report and draft Bill has now been published. Full coverage will … Read More ›
In the most recent of its rolling series of updates to the Care Act Statutory Guidance, the Department of Health has finally updated Chapter 19 … Read More ›
The Government last night (16 November) accepted an amendment to the Policing and Crime Bill moved by Baroness Finlay to remove deaths under Schedule A1 … Read More ›
Charles J has recently issued guidance on facilitating participation of ‘P’ and vulnerable persons. It is intended to allow sharing of good practice in the … Read More ›
With thanks to Alison Brammer for pointing this out, the consultation currently open on the possible introduction of mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect or … Read More ›
A cross-post to my post on this on the Court of Protection Handbook website (which gives me the opportunity shamelessly to plug the second edition … Read More ›
The British Medical Association (BMA), the Resuscitation Council (UK), and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have today (3o June) issued updated guidance regarding anticipatory decisions about … Read More ›