In this conversation, I ask Dr Lucy Series about her Wellcome funded research, and we discuss, in particular, the long and complex history of confinement, … Read More ›
The Essex Autonomy Project Summer School will now be going ahead online. Participation is now free, but places are limited, and advance registration is required. … Read More ›
In this (possibly over)ambitious shedinar, updated in August 2023, I take on the interface between the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act … Read More ›
In R(EG) v Parole Board & Ors [2020] EWHC 1457 (Admin), May J considered the requirements for effective participation in the parole process in the … Read More ›
The next shedinar is here (and, coincidentally, with very good timing in light of the decision in the case of Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v … Read More ›
In light both of the increased focus on advance care planning and the recent case reinforcing the importance of compliance with the procedural requirements within … Read More ›
In Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26, Hayden J considered an application, initially made to him as the Out of Hours … Read More ›
In this shedinar, I talk to Julian Sheather, special adviser in ethics and human rights to the British Medical Association. Amongst other topics we look … Read More ›
The slides from the Court of Protection Bar Association Webinar on “MCA decision making in the time of COVID-19 for those in care homes and … Read More ›
The latest ‘in conversation from the shed’ is with the psychiatrist, Dr Gareth Owen, in which we discuss what makes some capacity assessments complex, some … Read More ›