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Month: October 2020

COVID-19, Miscellaneous

Deliberative democracy and scarce NHS resources

A project that I worked on over the summer involving Kings College London and Ipsos MORI has just published its report, examining public attitudes to … Read More ›

Posted on October 30, 2020
Case comments, Deprivation of liberty, Inherent jurisdiction

The inherent jurisdiction, deprivation of liberty and out of hours applications

In Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1377 , the Court of Appeal almost, but not quite, answered the … Read More ›

Posted on October 27, 2020
Book Reviews

Book Reviews: Domestic Abuse and Human Rights and A Practical Guide to Coercive Control for Legal Practitioners and Victims

Domestic Abuse and Human Rights (Jonathan Herring, Intersentia, 2020, c. £55) and A Practical Guide to Coercive Control for Legal Practitioners and Victims (Rachel Horman, … Read More ›

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020
Job/Research Opportunities

Essex Autonomy Project research opportunities

The Essex Autonomy Project is currently accepting applications to fill two full-time, fixed-term post-doctoral research positions.: One is on the fantastic * Mental Health and … Read More ›

Posted on October 19, 2020
COVID-19

39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity October Report now out – and walkthrough

Welcome to the October 2020 Mental Capacity Report.  Highlights this month include:  (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: updated DHSC MCA/DoLS … Read More ›

Posted on October 19, 2020
Cross-border

When not to recognise a foreign order

In Re AB [2020] EWCOP 47, Senior Judge Hilder had to grapple with two difficult questions in the context of the Court of Protection’s international … Read More ›

Posted on October 17, 2020
COVID-19

DHSC MCA/DoLS COVID-19 guidance updated and walk-through

The DHSC’s MCA/DoLS COVID-19 guidance was updated on 15 October, including, in particular, consideration of when face-to-face visits can taken place in different tiers of … Read More ›

Posted on October 16, 2020October 18, 2020
COVID-19

Coronavirus Restrictions – tiered Local Alerts and impaired decision-making capacity

[Note, from 5 November for (at least) four weeks) this post has been superseded by this one]. With effect from 14 October, restrictions within England … Read More ›

Posted on October 14, 2020November 4, 2020
Webinar

15 years of the MCA – webinar recording now available

The recording is now available of the webinar held by the Law Society of England and Wales on 7 October 2020 marking 15 years since … Read More ›

Posted on October 12, 2020
Case comments

Book Review: Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective

Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective (Imogen Goold, Cressida Auckland and Jonathan Herring, eds, Hart, 2020, c.£60) In this book, inspired … Read More ›

Posted on October 11, 2020October 11, 2020

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  • Shedinar – the MCA and 16/17 year olds

    January 18, 2021
    In this shedinar, I look at the MCA and 16/17 year olds.  This is a complicated area, so this can …Read More »
  • When is a refusal by a 16 or 17 year old of treatment determinative?

    January 18, 2021
    When should refusal of treatment by someone under 18 be determinative?   For many years, it had been thought that the …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers January 2021 Mental Capacity Report

    January 15, 2021
    The January 2021 Mental Capacity Report is now out and will be making its way to inboxes soon.  Highlights include; …Read More »
  • Mental Capacity in the MHA – the White Paper

    January 14, 2021
    Building on the very headline points I made here, here is a video looking specifically looking at how the White …Read More »
  • Mental Health Act reform – the next stage

    January 14, 2021
    The Government published on 13 January 2021 a White Paper responding to the recommendations of the independent review of the …Read More »

RSS Bailii capacity cases

  • NHS Trust v X (In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2)) [2021] EWHC 65 (Fam) (18 January 2021) January 18, 2021
  • Nimer v United Al Saqer Group LLC & Ors [2021] EWHC 50 (QB) (18 January 2021) January 18, 2021
  • Gibbs v Gibbs (Rev 2) [2020] EWHC 2134 (Fam) (05 August 2020) January 14, 2021
  • Guy's and St Thomas' Children's NHS FoundationTrust & Anor v Knight & Anor [2021] EWHC 25 (Fam) (08 January 2021) January 8, 2021
  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust v RS & Anor [2020] EWCOP 70 (15 December 2020) January 6, 2021

RSS Bailii CRPD cases

  • NHS Trust v X (In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2)) [2021] EWHC 65 (Fam) (18 January 2021)0
    From England and Wales High Court (Family Division) Decisions
  • SEMIKHVOSTOV v. RUSSIA - 2689/12 - Chamber Judgment [2014] ECHR 118 (06 February 2014)0
    From European Court of Human Rights
  • Cushnan v Norbrook Laboratories Ltd [2013] NIIT 00215_13IT (08 October 2013)0
    From Industrial Tribunals Northern Ireland Decisions
  • M.H. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 11577/06 - Chamber Judgment [2013] ECHR 1008 (22 October 2013)0
    From European Court of Human Rights
  • Sexual Offences and Capacity to Consent (LRC 109-2013) [2013] IELRC 109 (November 2013)0
    From Irish Law Reform Commission Papers and Reports
  • Stuart Bracking & Ors v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] EWCA Civ 1345 (06 November 2013)0
    From England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
  • X.Y. a minor suing by her guardian ad litem Raymond McEvoy v HSE [2013] IEHC 490 (07 November 2013)0
    From High Court of Ireland Decisions
  • AM (By His Father CM) v The Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2014] EWCA Civ 286 (05 February 2014)0
    From England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
  • KOROVINY v. RUSSIA - 31974/11 - Chamber Judgment [2014] ECHR 217 (27 February 2014)0
    From European Court of Human Rights
  • A NHS Trust v DE [2013] EWHC 2562 (Fam) (16 August 2013)0
    From England and Wales High Court (Family Division) Decisions

RSS MHLO updates

  • Ordinary residence and s117. DHSC, 'Statutory guidance: DHSC's position on the determination of ordinary residence disputes pending the outcome of the Worcestershire case' (24/6/20)
    — (1) The DHSC position, which is subject to ongoing proceedings in R (Worcestershire CC) v SSHSC, is that if a patient is detained in Area 1, then provided with accommodation under s117 in Area 2, then detained in Area 2: (a) the patient remains ordinarily resident in Area 1, applying R (Cornwall Council v […]
  • Law Society MHT practice note. Law Society, 'Practice note: Representation before mental health tribunals' (12/12/19)
    — This practice note contains information under the following headings: (1) Introduction; (2) The right to legal advice and representation before the tribunal; (3) Communication with the client; (4) Taking instructions; (5) Your duties towards your client; (6) Good tribunal practice; (7) Representing children and young people before the tribunal; (8) More information. The changes […]
  • White Paper on MHA reform. SSHSC, LC and SSJ, 'Reforming the Mental Health Act' (CP 355, 2021, consultation from 13/1/21 to 21/4/21)
    — "It is two years since Professor Sir Simon Wessely delivered his landmark Independent Review of the Mental Health Act. ... We accept, and we will take forward, the vast majority of its recommendations for change. ... The changes are based on 4 principles that have been developed with people with lived experience of the […]
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 110, January 2021)
    — "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: updated DHSC MCA/DoLS COVID-19 guidance, an important LPS update, and the judicial eye of Sauron descends on new areas to consider (ir)relevant information; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: a complex case about when the settlement of an inheritance; […]
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 109, November 2020)
    — "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: updated DHSC MCA/DoLS COVID-19 guidance, an important LPS update, and the judicial eye of Sauron descends on new areas to consider (ir)relevant information; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: a complex case about when the settlement of an inheritance; […]

RSS Baillii Mental Health Act cases

  • NHS Trust v X (In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2)) [2021] EWHC 65 (Fam) (18 January 2021)0
    From England and Wales High Court (Family Division) Decisions
  • Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v LM (ESA Contributions and credits - credits and credited earnings) [2017] UKUT 485 (AAC) (12 December 2017)0
    From Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
  • D (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 1695 (31 October 2017)0
    From England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
  • Tinsley v Manchester City Council & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1704 (01 November 2017)0
    From England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
  • Shand, (A Child), Re London Borough of Barking & Dagenham v Richards [2017] EWHC 2863 (Fam) (08 November 2017)0
    From England and Wales High Court (Family Division) Decisions
  • LO v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (IS) (European Union law - free movement) [2017] UKUT 440 (AAC) (9 November 2017)0
    From Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
  • MaGee v Chief Constable of The Police Service of Northern Ireland [2017] NIMaster 7 (10 November 2017)0
    From Northand Ireland High Court of Justice, Master's decisions
  • MS, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 2797 (Admin) (10 November 2017)0
    From England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) Decisions
  • Corlett, R v [2017] EWCA Crim 2464 (14 November 2017)0
    From England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Decisions
  • PA038302016 [2017] UKAITUR PA038302016 (15 November 2017)0
    From United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments

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