The Minister for Care and Support, Norman Lamb MP, has today announced that the Department of Health will provide local… Read more
Month: March 2015
Informed consent: the Supreme Court and the patient as agent
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 is a judgment that is required reading for all medical professionals, because… Read more
COPR: what do the new rules actually do (and mean)?
In part because the Court of Protection Amendment Rules are written in typically impenetrable statutory instrument style, and in part… Read more
All change at the COP (Part 1)
A quick cross-post to the Court of Protection of Handbook site and the post there summarising the important changes to… Read more
March Mental Capacity Law Newsletters now out
Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter: a case rivaling Neary in its importance, a case at… Read more
New SCIE directory of MCA resources
In fulfilment of one of the Government’s commitments in response to the House of Lords’ Select Committee report on the MCA 2005,… Read more