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Month: September 2020


LPS – more flesh on the timetable bones

Posted on 28 September 2020 Updated on 28 September 2020

The DHSC has published the second of its LPS updates on 28 September; it can be found here.   It includes… Read more

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Enforcement of self-isolation: another minefield to navigate in the capacity context

Posted on 28 September 2020 Updated on 29 November 2021

[This post has been superseded] The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 and set out a series of draconian… Read more

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Joint Committee on Human Rights: COVID-19 report

Posted on 21 September 2020

The JCHR has today (21 September) published a detailed and extensive report into the human rights implications of the Government’s… Read more

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Commissioning, joined up thinking and planning ahead – in conversation with Emma Overton

Posted on 15 September 2020

In this “in conversation with” Emma Overton, Policy and Practice Development Lead at North East Lincolnshire CCG, we discuss commissioning,… Read more

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39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Reports September now out – and walkthrough

Posted on 15 September 2020

Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: updated MCA/DoLS guidance, the anorexia Catch-22,… Read more

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Book review: A Practical Guide to the Law of Medical Treatment Decisions

Posted on 10 September 2020

A Practical Guide to the Law of Medical Treatment Decisions (Ben Troke, Law Brief Publishing, 2020, c£39.99) Ben Troke, a… Read more

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Remote witnessing of wills – legislation now before Parliament

Posted on 7 September 2020

Following (slightly oddly) the publication of the guidance as to the law, the relevant legislation has now been laid before… Read more

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Continuous supervision and control – a further judicial take on deprivation of liberty

Posted on 5 September 2020 Updated on 5 September 2020

There have been very few cases concerning the meaning of deprivation of liberty in the context of adults since the… Read more

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The case for fusion – in conversation with George Szmukler

Posted on 4 September 2020

In this “in conversation with,” I ask George Smuzkler, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Society at the Institute of Psychiatry,… Read more

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International Principles and Guidelines on access to justice for persons with disabilities

Posted on 1 September 2020

The three UN bodies that deal with disability rights have teamed up to issue the first-ever guidelines to help countries… Read more

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Recent Posts

  • Gretna Green and children’s capacity – in discussion with Jonathan Brown

    7 May 2026
    In the latest ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Dr Jonathan Brown about the very different approach to the decision-making... …Read More »
  • Instructing experts, and how long does the leash have to be for the acid test to be satisfied?

    2 May 2026
    Bristol City Council v CC & Ors [2026] EWCOP 19 (T3) is both an important and an interesting decision.  It is... …Read More »
  • Revisiting habitual residence – when and how the Court of Protection can do so

    2 May 2026
    The case of Neath Port Talbot Country Borough Council v CK & Ors [2025] EWCOP 47 (T3) is the sequel... …Read More »
  • Book review: Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults: Law and Practice in the Court of Protection and the Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court

    20 April 2026
    Book Review: Oliver Lewis, Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults: Law and Practice in the Court of Protection and the Inherent Jurisdiction... …Read More »
  • Court of Protection Handbook – April 2026 update

    1 April 2026
    The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now up, covering such matters as the flurry of cases... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • EF v The London Borough of Hackney & Anor 5 May 2026
  • UK Insurance Limited v Bahader Hassankhail 1 May 2026
  • Bristol City Council v CC & Ors (Capacity Instruction of Experts Deprivation of Liberty) 30 April 2026
  • X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside), Re 22 April 2026
  • R v David Wood 17 April 2026
  • Lancashire County Council v BC & Anor (Capacity: Residence and Engagement in Sexual Relations) 15 April 2026
  • Plus Point Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 13 April 2026
  • Priti Patel v Nicholas O'Sullivan & Ors 2 April 2026
  • Maina Kumari Rai v Advantage Insurance Company Limited (t/a Hastings Insurance) 2 April 2026
  • R v Mark Adrian Leacock & Anor 1 April 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • EF v The London Borough of Hackney & Anor 5 May 2026
  • Bristol City Council v CC & Ors (Capacity Instruction of Experts Deprivation of Liberty) 30 April 2026
  • X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside), Re 22 April 2026
  • HPT, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 17 April 2026
  • R v David Wood 17 April 2026
  • Lancashire County Council v BC & Anor (Capacity: Residence and Engagement in Sexual Relations) 15 April 2026
  • Plus Point Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 13 April 2026
  • MK v Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) 4 April 2026
  • A Local Authority v CD & Ors 31 March 2026
  • Mohammed Ali v Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust 31 March 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Event. COPPA: The transition between Children and Adult services (Newcastle/online, 12 May 2026)
  • Job advert. Free Family Representation and Advocacy Project, London/hybrid - Court of Protection solicitor (deadline 31 May 2026).
  • Event. MHLA: Panel course (Leeds, 25-26 June 2026)
  • Case (Case management decision in anorexia case). Patricia's Father v Patricia [2025] EWCOP 29 (T3)
  • Case (Lifting of anorexia non-treatment order). Patricia's Father v Patricia [2025] EWCOP 30 (T3)
  • Case (Non-forcible treatment of anorexia). Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v FF [2025] EWCOP 26 (T3)
  • Case (Appeal against restriction order). R v Gordon [2025] EWCA Crim 1194
  • Case (Hybrid order vs hospital order). R v Turner [2025] EWCA Crim 1867
  • Case (Disposal when unfit to stand trial). R v Wood [2026] EWCA Crim 480
  • Case (No new evidence for criminal appeal). R v Thomas (previously Edgington) [2026] EWCA Crim 353

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