The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has now adopted its General Comment on Article 12 (Equal Recognition before the Law). I will … Read More ›
Month: April 2014
I have pulled together resources from a range of sources (official and unofficial) on the implications of Cheshire West, and collected them on a dedicated … Read More ›
Those readers who have not already collapsed under the weight of guidance and commentary on the Cheshire West decision may wish to have a look … Read More ›
Wandsworth CCG v IA and TA [2014] EWHC 990 (COP) Summary This case is a model of the assessment of the capacity to decide as to … Read More ›
With thanks to Dave Sheppard for bringing this to my attention, the CQC issued (very quietly indeed) guidance on 4 April on the implications of … Read More ›
Editorial Note See below for the first book review on this site. If anyone has any books that they think that it would be useful for … Read More ›
Why a Mental Capacity Act Commission? One of the main recommendations made by the House of Lords Select Committee in its report upon the MCA … Read More ›
The Department of Health has just published guidance as part of its new Positive and Safe programme (which will apply across all health and adult … Read More ›
A County Council v MS and RS [2014] EWHC B14 (COP) Summary MS was a Mormon. He was also mentally unwell and his property and … Read More ›
I am very grateful to Sophy Miles for permission to reproduce here her extremely interesting and thoughtful paper on the implications of the decision for … Read More ›