After a very protracted journey, including amendments introduced even before it had been implemented, Ireland’s Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015… Read more
Month: April 2023
Litigation capacity – presumptions, stages and the ‘diagnostic’ test fallacy: an unofficial correction to the White Book
For civil practitioners, the White Book is an (inordinately expensive) but often indispensable addition to their suite of materials. It… Read more
The future of ageing: ethical considerations for research and innovation – Nuffield Council on Bioethics Report
In a veritable doorstop of a report published today, 25 April 2023, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics sets out its… Read more
Voting and mental capacity – the facts, not the myths
As we head towards local elections in England, a reminder of this excellent post by Lucy Series (from a couple of… Read more
Book review: Suicide and the Law
Suicide and the Law (Elizabeth Wicks, Hart, 2023, Hardback, £76.50; Paperback/eBook £61.20) This book by Elizabeth Wicks, Professor of Human… Read more
Assisted Decision-Making conference 28 April: preparing for first contact with the AMD(C) A 2015 (with lessons from practice under the MCA 2005)
The Bar Council of Ireland are hosting a one day conference at the King’s Inns in Dublin on 28 April… Read more
Summer School: Sick Normality? De-Medicalising Mental Distress
The Centre for Investigating Contemporary Social Ills at the University of Essex, an interdisciplinary research initiative of academics and practitioners,… Read more
LPS on the shelf – what to do now: video
In light of the announcement on 5 April that a delay in the implementation of the LPS “beyond the life… Read more
Liberty Protection Safeguards newsflash: implementation delayed “beyond the life of this Parliament”
In a decision which will trouble many (for instance the Joint Committee on Human Rights: see its 2022 report on… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Case Reports: new headnoted series launched
As the Court of Protection Law Reports series has been discontinued by LexisNexis, the Court of Protection is losing a… Read more
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