Confounding the expectations of those who had thought that the stalemate in Stormont meant there was no possibility that MCA (NI) 2016 would ever be … Read More ›
Month: April 2019
Given the passing of final Parliamentary hurdles by the LPS, facilitated by the abandonment of any statutory definition of deprivation of liberty, it was distinctly … Read More ›
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill passed its final legislative stage in the House of Lords this evening (24 April) and will shortly get Royal Assent … Read More ›
Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: an update on the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill; the DoLS backlog … Read More ›
Following the update of our guide to capacity assessments, the 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report team (with the invaluable assistance of Stephanie David) have … Read More ›
In FT v MM and RM [2019] EWHC 935 (Fam), Russell J has highlighted a real and problematic difference between the ability of the English … Read More ›
The Law Society have been in discussions with HMCTS regarding the issues related to the appointment process for ALRs, which has been far from smooth. In … Read More ›
The Parliament website now (11 April) tells us that the very slow motion game of Ping-Pong in the final stages of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) … Read More ›
The reported remarks of Hayden J at a directions hearing about the husband’s “right” to have sex with his wife have caused real controversy. Not … Read More ›
Ahead of today’s ping-pong stage in the Commons, the Government has published its response to the two reports of the JCHR on LPS. It is … Read More ›