The March 2021 Mental Capacity Report will shortly be making its way to subscribers. The walkthrough is here Highlights this month include: (1) In the … Read More ›
Month: March 2021
Searching for something on my website, I realised that it was 7 years ago this weekend (13/14 March 2014) that my website went live, being … Read More ›
R v Rebelo [2021] EWCA Crim 306 is a very unusual criminal case, posing essentially existential questions as to the interrelationship between capacity and autonomy. … Read More ›
Re CR. [2021] EWCOP 19, decided by HHJ Butler differed to the previous two (both decided by Hayden J) because it concerned a much younger … Read More ›
The Essex Autonomy Project wants you (if you are a professional working in or with care homes in England and Wales!) for a survey, which … Read More ›
An article I co-wrote (the lead author being Dr Margot Kuylen), has now been published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, reporting upon a deliberative … Read More ›
The Royal College of Physicians has published (10 March 2021) a guide to practical care and clinical assistance. Its particular focus is on the complexities … Read More ›
The concept of legal ice is one that I think that I may have borrowed from somewhere (and, if so, if someone can remind me … Read More ›
In two decisions which came out simultaneously, the Court of Protection had to consider how to approach obstetric decisions, in both a planned (albeit relatively … Read More ›
[This post has now been superseded by this one, reflecting the changes from 19 July 2021] The DHSC’s guidance for care homes and for visitors … Read More ›