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Month: December 2016

Best interests, Case comments, Medical treatment

Briggs: case analysis

I reproduce here an updated version of the case summary and comment on the case of Briggs v Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53 that appeared in the December 2016 … Read More ›

Posted on December 30, 2016
Newsletters

December Mental Capacity Law Newsletters now out 

Highlights this month include: 1.In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter: DOLS and objections, the scope of s.21A appeals and best interests in … Read More ›

Posted on December 22, 2016
Case comments

SRK: Court of Appeal dismisses appeal

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the Secretary of State’s appeal against the decision of Charles J in Re SRK [2016] EWCOP 27.   By way … Read More ›

Posted on December 22, 2016December 22, 2016
Research of interest

The MCA 2005 Ten Years On – Medical Law Review special issue published

A special (open-access) issue of the Medical Law Review has just been published, based upon papers delivered at a conference held by the University of … Read More ›

Posted on December 22, 2016
Miscellaneous

Court of Protection Handbook Second Edition now out!

My fellow editors and I are very pleased to announce that the second edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now available from the … Read More ›

Posted on December 22, 2016December 22, 2016
Best interests, Case comments, Medical treatment

Briggs: best interests and treatment withdrawal

The substantive decision in the case of Briggs has just been handed down.  We will have full analysis and comment in our (increasingly full) 39 Essex … Read More ›

Posted on December 20, 2016
Miscellaneous

New consent guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

The AAGBI has just published new guidelines on consent for anaesthesia. Previous guidelines on consent for anaesthesia were issued by the AAGBI in 1999 and … Read More ›

Posted on December 20, 2016December 20, 2016
Book Reviews

Book Review: “The Modern Judge: Power, Responsibility and Society’s Expectations”

The Modern Judge: Power, Responsibility and Society’s Expectations (Sir Mark Hedley, Jordan Publishing, 2016, paperback, book and ePDF £20.00) In The Modern Judge: Power, Responsibility … Read More ›

Posted on December 18, 2016December 18, 2020
Conferences

International Conference – The Advocate’s Gateway

The Advocate’s Gateway Second International Conference will take place on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd June 2017.   Called Access to Justice for Vulnerable People, the conference will … Read More ›

Posted on December 18, 2016
Miscellaneous

PVS/MCS and the courts: a further contribution

In an open access article published today (16 December) in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Lynne Turner-Stokes makes a further important contribution to the debate … Read More ›

Posted on December 17, 2016

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