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Month: November 2014


I need your money! The MDAC Christmas Appeal

Posted on 28 November 2014

This is not an update, but a request for your assistance with a really important cause. Three colleagues and I… Read more

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The vexed Guidance about children’s homes – more developments

Posted on 18 November 2014

In Barnsley MBC v GS & Ors [2014] EWCOP 46, Holman J has held that the Guidance issued jointly by… Read more

Posted in Deprivation of liberty     Tags: children, deprivation of liberty     One comment     


JS Mill strikes back – Mostyn J takes on the Supreme Court

Posted on 18 November 2014

Mr Justice Mostyn is nothing if not brave.  In a decision handed down on 18 November 2014: Rochdale MBC v… Read more

Posted in Case comments, Deprivation of liberty     Tags: deprivation of liberty     2 Comments     


Re X process goes live

Posted on 16 November 2014

A quick cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site to flag up that the Re X process for judicial… Read more

Posted in Miscellaneous     Tags: Court of Protection practice and procedure, deprivation of liberty     Leave a comment     


Taking capacity to the next level

Posted on 6 November 2014

Working on the theory that I am allowed every so often shamelessly to self-publicise, can I draw the attention of… Read more

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Guardianship and Cheshire West

Posted on 6 November 2014 Updated on 10 November 2014

Summary The Upper Tribunal in NL v Hampshire County Council (Mental health: All) [2014] UKUT 475 (AAC) has now pronounced… Read more

Posted in Case comments, Deprivation of liberty     Tags: deprivation of liberty, Mental Health Act 1983     Leave a comment     


Acting as a Litigation Friend in the Court of Protection – new Guidance now out

Posted on 3 November 2014

As many of you will know, I have spent a significant part of this year working on guidance commissioned by the… Read more

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November Mental Capacity Law Newsletters out

Posted on 3 November 2014

This month’s Mental Capacity Law Newsletters are now out.  Highlights include: 1. In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty… Read more

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Recent Posts

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    17 January 2026
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    12 January 2026
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  • Personal welfare deputies, principle and pragmatism

    10 January 2026
    In Parr v Cheshire East Council & Anor [2026] EWCOP 1 (T3), and whilst expressly applying, rather than seeking to... …Read More »
  • Sir James Munby

    10 January 2026
    The sense of shock amongst lawyers and others concerned with the rights of children and those with impaired decision-making capacity... …Read More »
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    6 January 2026
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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Alison Parr v Cheshire East Council & Anor 9 January 2026
  • Stuart John Pilbrow v Nicola Jane Eileen Glanville & Anor 8 January 2026
  • London Borough of Lewisham v SL & Anor 19 December 2025
  • Priti Patel v Nicholas O'Sullivan & Ors 19 December 2025
  • Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust v EF & Ors 19 December 2025
  • SW v Nottingham City Council & Anor 19 December 2025
  • White and Sterling Residential Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 17 December 2025
  • Nicola Anne Lowe v Lucy Daniells 17 December 2025
  • The Nursing and Midwifery Council v Ishaq Ibrahim 15 December 2025
  • King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v LE (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) (Serious Medical Treatment) 11 December 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Optosafe Limited & Anor v John Mark Robertson 5 January 2026
  • Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust v EF & Ors 19 December 2025
  • Jamie Jenkins v R 18 December 2025
  • White and Sterling Residential Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 17 December 2025
  • ABW, R (on the application of) v Secretary Of State for the Home Department 17 December 2025
  • D (Contempt: Sentencing), Re 16 December 2025
  • Angus Cameron v Secretary of State for Justice & Anor 4 December 2025
  • Powys Teaching Health Board & Anor v NT & Anor 1 December 2025
  • R v Sundeep Singh 28 November 2025
  • TKSD Care Homes & Training Ltd & Anor v Care Quality Commission 24 November 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (Sentence reduced). R v Holland [2025] EWCA Crim 1628
  • New website layout
  • Case (Aftercare accommodation charging complaint). London Borough of Lewisham (LGSCO, 18 010 781)
  • Case (Aftercare accommodation complaint). Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (LGSCO, 19 002 160)
  • Job advert. Nujeerallee Law, Kingston upon Thames - Mental health consultant solicitors (listed until 13 March 2026).
  • MHRTW membership. Eve Piffaretti, 'Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill published' (Blake Morgan, 6 January 2026)
  • MHRTW membership. Julie James, 'Written Statement: Draft of Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill' (5 January 2026)
  • Legislation. Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill 2026
  • Legislation. Mental Health Act 2025
  • Tribunal legal representatives. Tribunal Policy: Legal representatives (10 December 2025)

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