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Month: July 2023

Webinar

Self-binding directives: the view from Europe – in discussion with Matthé Scholten

In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Dr Matthé Scholten about self-binding directives, coercion in mental health treatment and how to characterise treatment that … Read More ›

Posted on 27 July 202327 July 2023
Capacity, Case comments, Welfare

What place diagnosis? Learning Disability, deafness and the Court of Protection

The case of TW v Middlesbrough Council [2023] EWCOP 30 raises an important issue about diagnosis in the context of Learning Disability (the term being capitalised … Read More ›

Posted on 26 July 2023
Case comments, Medical treatment

The limits of autonomy – what happens where healthcare professionals consider the choice too risky?

R (JJ) v Spectrum Community Healthcare CIC [2023] EWCA Civ 885, a decision of the Court of Appeal handed down on 25 July 2023, raises … Read More ›

Posted on 25 July 2023
Legislative developments

Updated COP3 form now live

A substantially updated COP3 form is now live on the .gov.uk website.  It has been overhauled (amongst other things) so as to reflect the correct … Read More ›

Posted on 21 July 20237 August 2023
Case comments, Practice and Procedure

Committal hearings in the Court of Protection – publicity and complexity

In Esper v NHS NW London ICB (Appeal : Anonymity in Committal Proceedings) [2023] EWCOP 29, Poole J addressed the complexities of the (not entirely … Read More ›

Posted on 21 July 202324 July 2023
Legislative developments

Call for Evidence: Open Justice, the way forward

For those who have not already stumbled across it, a reminder that the Ministry of Justice has an open call for evidence entitled ‘Open Justice, … Read More ›

Posted on 21 July 202321 July 2023
Case comments, Medical treatment

Deciding what alternative treatments are reasonable: a task for the doctor or the patient? The Supreme Court decides

In a decision handed down with considerable speed (the hearing being on 10-11 May 2023, and judgment being delivered on 12 July 2023), the Supreme … Read More ›

Posted on 12 July 202312 July 2023
Capacity, Case comments, Practice and Procedure

Litigation friends – their duties and discharge: putting right a serious misstep

Major v Kirishana [2023] EWHC 1593 (KB) is a distinctly troubling case, in that it involved – at one stage – a person being effectively … Read More ›

Posted on 10 July 2023
Legislative developments

Some good news on legal aid

Reflecting commitments made in the response to the Legal Aid Means Test Review, the Criminal and Civil Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/745) have … Read More ›

Posted on 6 July 2023
Webinar

Forensic Medical Examination and adults at risk of harm – in conversation with Dr Elisabeth Alton

In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Dr Elisabeth Alton about the pilot forensic service to support safeguarding adults that she has led on, … Read More ›

Posted on 5 July 2023

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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Sadia Afroz Chowdhury, R (on the application of) v The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) 20 May 2025
  • The Honourable William Francis Seymour, Earl Of Yarmouth v Ragley Trust Company Limited & Ors 19 May 2025
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v PK & Anor 14 May 2025
  • Evelyn Banks v Social Work England 12 May 2025
  • Kenneth Johnston v Financial Ombudsman Service 8 May 2025
  • J v Bath and North East Somerset Council & Ors 29 April 2025
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust v ZG & Ors 24 April 2025
  • Hebda v District Court in Krakow, Poland 15 April 2025
  • Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v MC 15 April 2025
  • Argyll And Bute Council v RF 15 April 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • 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
  • 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
  • A & Ors (Care – Welfare Decisions – Family Placement), Re 11 April 2025
  • Karcihan Meric v Andrew Navis & Anor 4 April 2025
  • Commissioner of Police of The Metropolis v Haroon Aswat 1 April 2025
  • Lisa Cheeley Eis v Government of the United States of America 26 March 2025

RSS ECtHR Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities cases

  • CASE OF N.S. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 25 March 2025
  • CASE OF I.C. v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 27 February 2025
  • CASE OF CLIPEA AND GROSU v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 19 November 2024
  • CASE OF E.T. v. THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 12 November 2024
  • CASE OF PINDO MULLA v. SPAIN 17 September 2024
  • CASE OF D.H. AND OTHERS v. SWEDEN 25 July 2024
  • CASE OF DJERI AND OTHERS v. LATVIA 18 July 2024
  • CASE OF A.P. v. ARMENIA 18 June 2024
  • CASE OF DÁNIEL KARSAI v. HUNGARY 13 June 2024
  • CASE OF L.T. v. UKRAINE 6 June 2024

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (Aftercare complaint). Staffordshire County Council (24 021 993) [2025] MHLO 11 (LGSCO)
  • Case (Complaint about inaccurate information). London Borough of Wandsworth (24 013 072) [2025] MHLO 10 (LGSCO)
  • Case (Life and death). University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v PK [2025] EWCOP 17 (T3)
  • Prison transfer delays. HMPPS and NHSE, '12 month progress update following HMIP: The long wait' (May 2025)
  • Prison transfer action plan. HMPPS and NHSE, 'A joint response to HMIP: The long wait' (April 2024)
  • Prison transfer delays. HM Inspectorate of Prisons, 'The long wait: A thematic review of delays in the transfer of mentally unwell prisoners' (February 2024)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 150, May 2025)
  • Contract management guidance. Legal Aid Agency, 'Contract management: mental health guidance' (v5, 1 September 2024)
  • Case (Discharge of rule 11(7)(b) appointments). KH v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust [2025] UKUT 128 (AAC)
  • Case (PB release set aside). Re Griffiths [2023] PBSA 24

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