There are four vacancies, two immediate, and two for a September start, on the Law Society’s Mental Health and Disability Committee. I sit on this … Read More ›
Category: Miscellaneous
The Law Commission’s Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Report and draft Bill is to be laid before Parliament and published on 13 March (4 … Read More ›
The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine/Intensive Care Society have prepared summary guidance on MCA and DoLS in light of the Ferreira judgment. A fuller discussion … Read More ›
The Medical Protection Society in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council and NHS England has just launched a new Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty … Read More ›
My fellow editors and I are very pleased to announce that the second edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now available from the … Read More ›
The AAGBI has just published new guidelines on consent for anaesthesia. Previous guidelines on consent for anaesthesia were issued by the AAGBI in 1999 and … Read More ›
In an open access article published today (16 December) in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Lynne Turner-Stokes makes a further important contribution to the debate … Read More ›
I reproduce below the email that has just been sent to sent to consultees and other stakeholders updating on the status of the project (nb, … Read More ›
The Official Solicitor’s office is looking to recruit an agency lawyer for three or so months into their healthcare and welfare team, starting immediately. The … Read More ›
Acting as recruiter for the admirable Rosie Harding, I’m posting what looks like a really interesting opportunity for any budding mental capacity law researchers. Research … Read More ›