The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has today, 18 September 2023, published the report of the review it was commissioned in December 2022 to carry out … Read More ›
In an article published in September 2023 in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, my colleague in Chambers, Chiara Cordone, and I outline the … Read More ›
Royal Assent was granted on 18 September 2023 to the Powers of Attorney Bill – now the Powers of Attorney Act 2023. When it comes … Read More ›
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Dr Magda Furgalska about her research into people’s lived experiences of ‘insight’ in the context of (often … Read More ›
I posted a few weeks ago about new guidance on carrying out proportionate assessments under the Care Act 2014 published by the Chief social worker … Read More ›
Our September 2023 Mental Capacity Report is now out, which we think is our largest ever, thanks to judicial hyperactivity over what is usually the … Read More ›
The desperately sad case of An NHS Trust v ST & Anor [2023] EWCOP 40 provides an example of how far the courts have come … Read More ›
The case name – Re RK (Capacity; Contact; Inherent Jurisdiction) [2023] EWCOP 37 – helpfully captures what this difficult case was about. It concerned RK … Read More ›
The issue facing the Upper Tribunal in SF v Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership [2023] UKUT 205 (AAC) was crisply delineated by UTJ Church thus: … Read More ›
[This is a guest post by Lorraine Currie, a former DoLS Lead and currently an associate with WMADASS with a focus on MCA and DoLS. … Read More ›