[In case of any wider interest, I reproduce below the text of a talk I gave today at the 10th birthday party we held for the MCA 2005 in Chambers] Perhaps the biggest issues for the next 10 years are the questions of whether we should even have a Mental Capacity Act at all, and, […]
Monthly archives for June, 2017
Guest post and event: Mediating confl...
[I reproduce here (with permission) a post which originally appeared on the Intensive Care Society Blog written by Sarah Barclay, Founder/Director, The Medical Mediation Foundation, highlighting an event on 14 July for qualified health professionals.] Conflict between patients, families and health professionals is upsetting for all and can affect decision-making about medical care and treatment. All […]
Treading carefully: best interests an...
In Re IH (Observance of Muslim Practice) [2017] EWCOP 9, Cobb J had to decide two questions in relation to a 39 year old Muslim man with profound learning disabilities, namely whether it was in his best interests (1) to fast during the daylight hours of Ramadan; and (2) for his axillary (i.e. underarm) and […]
Transparency Update and changes to SM...
The Transparency Pilot approach and that previously provided for in Serious Medical Treatment cases has now been merged (in fact, the merging took place in March but the new order has only just been published). The new order – to be used in all cases in the COP save for committal cases – can be found […]
Mental Health Lawyers Association CoP...
A reminder that there are still some places available for the MHLA’s Annual CoP conference to be held on 30 June in London, including a keynote speech by Sir James Munby P. Other highights include Penny Cooper on vulnerable witnesses; Jake Kraft from the LAA; Tim Spencer-Lane on the Law Commission’s Mental Capacity and Deprivation of […]
ERC VOICES upcoming events
The marvellous VOICES Project has announced two further events. SEMINAR ON CONSENT TO SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 6th September 2017 Institute for Lifecourse and Society, NUI Galway The VOICES project is delighted to confirm the date for its upcoming event on consent to sex and relationships for people with disabilities. The event […]
International Journal of Mental Healt...
The editors and publisher of the International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law (ISSN: 2056-3922) are making a call for papers. The Journal is an open access journal, producing two editions a year. It builds on the well-reputed Journal of Mental Health Law, with a revised name to reflect a wider focus. The planned […]
June Mental Capacity Law Reports R...
The June 2017 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: standing in the shoes of P in a difficult decision as to cancer treatment, s.21A and the LAA, Welsh DoLS and Sir James Munby P on the warpath; (2) In the Property […]
Election Corner – guest post
[By way of a sneak preview of the next Mental Capacity Report to be published shortly, I reproduce here as a guest post an article written by my colleague Annabel Lee summarising the key proposals in the three main English parties’ manifestoes of relevance to the mental capacity/social welfare sphere.] Social welfare issues have received […]
