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Monthly archives for April, 2017

Final reminder: Deprivation of libert...

April 27, 2017 Written by Alex RK

A final reminder that there are a few places still available for the seminar that I am doing in Consett, County Durham, next Friday (5 May) on the Law Commission’s proposals and the future of deprivation of liberty.  For further details, and to book, see here.

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39 Essex Chambers special report on L...

April 5, 2017 Written by Alex RK

Accompanying our April Mental Capacity Report, we have also published a special report upon the Law Commission’s Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty project, with a detailed summary and responses from a range of perspectives.  

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April Mental Capacity Report now out

April 5, 2017 Written by Alex RK

The April 2017 Mental Capacity Reports are now out. Highlight this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal overturns the conventional understanding of deprivation of liberty under the MHA; children, consent and deprivation of liberty, changes to inquest requirements in relation to DoLS/Re X orders; (2) […]

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Support Decision-Making in Practice &...

April 4, 2017 Written by Alex RK

I share here an invitation from the Essex Autonomy Project and Empowerment Matters for a two-day Masterclass with Cher Nicholson on 26 and 27 June in central Manchester focusing on support for decision-making, led by Cher Nicholson. Cher is a leading advocate for disability rights and has pioneered supported decision-making in South Australia through the Supported Decision […]

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Senior Research Officer post – ...

April 4, 2017 Written by Alex RK

Another day, another exciting opportunity, as the Wellcome Trust Mental Health and Justice project cranks up speed.  This time, the position on offer is a two-year post-doc Senior Research Officer position with the Essex Autonomy Project, to provide support for two ongoing projects under the MHJ umbrella.  The first, which will be the primary focus in […]

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Professor Sir Richard Trainor Scholar...

April 1, 2017 Written by Alex RK

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PhD student to work on the major Wellcome Trust funded Mental Health and Justice project of which I am a part.  Applications are open for the Professor Sir Richard Trainor Scholarship for a PhD student to work on “Mental health justice and the capability to live in the community” […]

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Recent Posts

  • Vulnerable adults – another opportunity for change?

    April 15, 2018
    As many will know, I spent a considerable part of 2017 seeking to persuade the Law Commission to take forward …Read More »
  • CRPD corrections and updates

    April 4, 2018
    In an unusual step, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published a correction to General Comment …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report April 2018

    April 3, 2018
    The April 2018 Report is now available. Highlights include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the …Read More »
  • Law Society Mental Health and Disability Committee vacancies

    March 29, 2018
    The (English) Law Society MHDC is recruiting to fill 3 vacancies, with a deadline of Friday 13 April.  Despite the inauspicious …Read More »
  • The Skripals before the Court of Protection – more detailed analysis

    March 27, 2018
    The Court of Protection was thrust into the centre of a major international incident in SSHD v Sergei Skripal; SSHD v …Read More »

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RSS Bailii capacity cases

  • PA053292017 [2018] UKAITUR PA053292017 (5 April 2018) April 24, 2018
  • Flanagan -v- The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform [2018] IEHC 208 (23 March 2018) April 24, 2018
  • Matthews v Matthews & Anor [2018] EWHC 906 (Fam) (11 April 2018) April 23, 2018
  • NHS Windsor And Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group v SP (Withdrawal of CANH) [2018] EWCOP 11 (20 April 2018) April 20, 2018
  • Nutt & Anor v Nutt [2018] EWHC 851 (Ch) (19 April 2018) April 20, 2018
  • M v ABM University Health Board (Mental health) [2018] UKUT 120 (AAC) (27 March 2018) April 20, 2018
  • NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group v LB & SHC [2018] EWCOP 7 (28 March 2018) April 13, 2018
  • AR, Re [2018] EWCOP 8 (28 March 2018) April 6, 2018
  • CORREIA DE MATOS v. PORTUGAL - 56402/12 (Judgment : No Article 6+6-3-c - Right to a fair trial : Grand Chamber) [2018] ECHR 299 (04 April 2018) April 6, 2018
  • St Clair v King & Anor [2018] EWHC 682 (Ch) (28 March 2018) March 30, 2018

RSS MHLO updates

  • Parole Board delay case. LV v UK 50718/16 [2018] MHLO 22
  • Newsletter. Mind, 'Legal Newsletter' (March 2018)
  • Covert medication case. M v Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board [2018] UKUT 120 (AAC)
  • Medical treatment case. NHS Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG v SP (Withdrawal of CANH) [2018] EWCOP 11
  • Law Society panel concerns cont'd. Law Society mental health accreditation scheme - guidance documents
  • Job advert. Bishop & Light Solicitors, Hove - Court of Protection Solicitor (listed until 13 July 2018).
  • Book chapter uploaded.
  • Sentence appeal case. R v Thompson [2018] EWCA Crim 639
  • Panel JR announcement. GT Stewart Solicitors and Advocates, 'GT Stewart file claim for judicial review in the High Court challenging decision of the Law Society' (6/4/18)
  • Law Society panel concerns cont'd.

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