The Court of Appeal has this morning (26 January) handed down judgment in R(Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 31. We will have full analysis of the judgment in the next newsletter due out next week, but in the interim the headline is that the Court of […]
Monthly archives for January, 2017
Anorexia: handing back control?
In Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Z [2016] EWCOP 50, Hayden J had to contemplate three options on behalf of a woman, Z, detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, with very severe anorexia who had, in the 31 years since being diagnosed at age 15, had never engaged in any meaningful […]
New MCA/DOLS online resource for medi...
The Medical Protection Society in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council and NHS England has just launched a new Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty online learning tool specifically for health professionals across England and Wales. This online resource, to which I have contributed, and which draws also upon the 39 Essex Chambers guides, is completely free and will […]
