The case name – Re RK (Capacity; Contact; Inherent Jurisdiction) [2023] EWCOP 37 – helpfully captures what this difficult case… Read more
Month: August 2023
‘Warehousing’ and the limits of appropriate treatment under the MHA 1983 – important new Upper Tribunal case
The issue facing the Upper Tribunal in SF v Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership [2023] UKUT 205 (AAC) was crisply… Read more
Guest post by Lorraine Currie: I wouldn’t start from here – A blog about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
[This is a guest post by Lorraine Currie, a former DoLS Lead and currently an associate with WMADASS with a… Read more
2022-2023 DoLS statistics out: the crisis continues to deepen
The DoLS statistics for England for the year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 were published today (24 August… Read more
The mental capacity and mental health law and policy landscape – a stocktake
As (for some at least) a summer break is starting to come to an end, I have recorded a version… Read more
Dialysis and different realities – the Court of Protection has to decide
In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust v JM & Anor [2023] EWCOP 38, Hayden J has helpfully reminded us of… Read more
Suicide risk, the ECHR balancing exercise and the inherent jurisdiction – a Northern Irish perspective
A Health and Social Care Trust v JU [2023] NIFam 12 provides an interesting take on the extent of positive… Read more
The Court of Protection faces an agonising dilemma (and why belief is not the same as proof)
Barnet Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust & Anor v Mr K & Ors [2023] EWCOP 35 concerned the… Read more
The MCA and money – new shedinar
In this shedinar, recorded in August 2023, I explain how the MCA applies when thinking about people’s money, property and… Read more
Updated MCA/MHA interface shedinar
To take account of the judgment in Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v JS & Others (Schedule 1A Mental… Read more