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Month: April 2023


Commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 – today!

Posted on 26 April 2023

After a very protracted journey, including amendments introduced even before it had been implemented, Ireland’s Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015… Read more

Posted in Legislative developments     Tags: Ireland     Leave a comment     


Litigation capacity – presumptions, stages and the ‘diagnostic’ test fallacy: an unofficial correction to the White Book

Posted on 25 April 2023

For civil practitioners, the White Book is an (inordinately expensive) but often indispensable addition to their suite of materials.  It… Read more

Posted in Miscellaneous     Tags: litigation capacity     Leave a comment     


The future of ageing: ethical considerations for research and innovation – Nuffield Council on Bioethics Report

Posted on 25 April 2023 Updated on 26 April 2023

In a veritable doorstop of a report published today, 25 April 2023, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics sets out its… Read more

Posted in Research of interest     Tags: ageing, Research     Leave a comment     


Voting and mental capacity – the facts, not the myths

Posted on 23 April 2023

As we head towards local elections in England, a reminder of this excellent post by Lucy Series (from a couple of… Read more

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Book review: Suicide and the Law

Posted on 21 April 2023 Updated on 21 April 2023

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

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Assisted Decision-Making conference 28 April: preparing for first contact with the AMD(C) A 2015 (with lessons from practice under the MCA 2005)

Posted on 17 April 2023 Updated on 17 April 2023

The Bar Council of Ireland are hosting a one day conference at the King’s Inns in Dublin on 28 April… Read more

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Summer School: Sick Normality? De-Medicalising Mental Distress

Posted on 16 April 2023

The Centre for Investigating Contemporary Social Ills at the University of Essex, an interdisciplinary research initiative of academics and practitioners,… Read more

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LPS on the shelf – what to do now: video

Posted on 6 April 2023 Updated on 6 April 2023

In light of the announcement on 5 April that a delay in the implementation of the LPS “beyond the life… Read more

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Liberty Protection Safeguards newsflash: implementation delayed “beyond the life of this Parliament”

Posted on 5 April 2023 Updated on 6 April 2023

In a decision which will trouble many (for instance the Joint Committee on Human Rights: see its 2022 report on… Read more

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39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Case Reports: new headnoted series launched

Posted on 5 April 2023

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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  • Lioubov Macpherson v Sunderland City Council 22 May 2025
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RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Surrey County Council v BC 11 June 2025
  • AB (ADRT: Validity and Applicability), Re 10 June 2025
  • Lioubov Macpherson v Sunderland City Council 22 May 2025
  • R v Azam 19 May 2025
  • The Duke of Sussex, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for The Home Department 2 May 2025
  • J v Bath and North East Somerset Council & Ors 29 April 2025
  • FW (a patient) v Cardiff & Vale University Health Board 21 April 2025
  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, R (on the application of) v NHS North West London Integrated Care Board 16 April 2025
  • Shaun Morrow v HM Assistant Coroner for Merseyside (Sefton, Knowsley and St Helen's) 15 April 2025
  • Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v MC 15 April 2025

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RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (Potentially preventable suicide). Re Pellumb Olaj (Islington Council) [2025] MHLO 13 (PFD)
  • Legal Aid book review. Charlotte Collier, 'Mapping the maze: Review of Legal Aid Handbook 2024/25' (Law Society Gazette, 26 May 2025)
  • Legal Aid book. Vicky Ling et al (eds), Legal Aid Handbook 2024/25 (LAG 2025)
  • MH Bill report. JCHR, 'Legislative Scrutiny: Mental Health Bill' (HC 601/HL Paper 126, 19 May 2025)
  • Case (Conditions and review of detention). Spivak v Ukraine 21180/15 [2025] ECHR 136
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  • Patient safety report. Health Services Safety Investigations Body, 'Mental health inpatient settings: Overarching report of investigations directed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care' (13 May 2025)
  • Case (Advance decision to refuse treatment). Re AB (ADRT: Validity and applicability) [2025] EWCOP 20 (T3)
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