With many thanks to all those who have been in touch, from many different settings and backgrounds, to offer support and case studies for the … Read More ›
Month: March 2017
A Home Office Circular has now been published to accompany the Policing and Crime Act 2017 changes (including those relating to death under DoLS) coming … Read More ›
To accompany the coming into force on 3 April of the change to the definition of “state detention” introduced by the Policing and Crime Act … Read More ›
In A-MV v Finland, (Application no. 53251/13, decision of 23 March 2017), the European Court of Human Rights considered carefully but rejected a central tenet … Read More ›
A cross-post to the post on the Court of Protection Handbook by Sophy Miles, Neil Allen and I on the decision handed down this morning … Read More ›
There are four vacancies, two immediate, and two for a September start, on the Law Society’s Mental Health and Disability Committee. I sit on this … Read More ›
Proving less is not always more, some helpful feedback received via the great echo chamber of Twitter suggests that I might want to emphasise two … Read More ›
The problem There is a significant cohort of individuals who (1) do not lack capacity for purposes of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (‘MCA 2005’); … Read More ›
It is a truth (almost) universally acknowledged that DNACPR/DNR notices are not working. Cases such as Tracey and Winspear show that the conversations that need … Read More ›
The wait is now over! The Law Commission’s Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty report and draft Bill has now been published. Full coverage will … Read More ›