The changes to ss.135 and 136 MHA introduced by the Crime and Policing Act 2017 are coming into force on… Read more
Month: October 2017
Court of Protection Rules 2017 – all change
The Court of Protection Rules 2017 have been laid before Parliament, to come into force on 1 December. These recast… Read more
‘Teen Bournewood’: Court of Appeal decision now out
The Court of Appeal ([2017] EWCA Civ 1695) has allowed the appeal by Birmingham City Council (‘Birmingham’) against the judgment… Read more
Government’s interim response to Law Commission MCD report now published
Jackie Doyle-Price (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health), in a written statement today (30 October) set out the Government’s Interim… Read more
Safeguarding adults: intersections with mental capacity and mental health – seminar 24 November
The next seminar in the ESRC-funded series “Safeguarding Adults and Legal Literacy” will take place in Chester on 24 November. … Read more
39 Essex Chambers October 2017 Mental Capacity Reports now out
The October 2017 Mental Capacity Reports are now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation… Read more
Inherently problematic? Capacity thresholds, the inherent jurisdiction and autonomy
In LB Wandsworth v M & Ors [2017] EWHC 2435 (Fam), Hayden J was faced with a significant problem in… Read more
Assisted dying challenge judgment now handed down
The decision in R (Conway) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] EWHC 2447 (Admin) is now available here.
Happy birthday, Mental Capacity Act!
The MCA 2005 came fully into force 10 years ago today, on 1 October 2007. Entirely understandably given the day of… Read more