In this shedinar, I look at the MCA and 16/17 year olds. This is a complicated area, so this can serve only as an overview. … Read More ›
Month: January 2021
When should refusal of treatment by someone under 18 be determinative? For many years, it had been thought that the Court of Appeal had resolved … Read More ›
The January 2021 Mental Capacity Report is now out and will be making its way to inboxes soon. Highlights include; (1) In the Health, Welfare … Read More ›
Building on the very headline points I made here, here is a video looking specifically looking at how the White Paper published on 13 January … Read More ›
The Government published on 13 January 2021 a White Paper responding to the recommendations of the independent review of the MHA under Sir Simon Wessely. … Read More ›
The (surprisingly) small body of reported cases relating to COVID-19 (representing the tip of a rather larger iceberg) has been added to in NG v Hertfordshire … Read More ›
With effect from 6 January 2021 and until 31 March 2021 (unless brought to an earlier end), all parts of England are within a tightened … Read More ›