Amendments to three Practice Directions supplementing the Court of Protection Rules 2017 have been made. In summary the changes are: The amendments to the Practice … Read More ›
Month: March 2024
In this ‘in conversation with’ I talk to Jonathan Simpson about a project researching how to turn advance choice documents into reality so as to … Read More ›
Reading some of the recent media coverage of the issue of assisted dying / assisted suicide, people could be forgiven for thinking that resolving the … Read More ›
The Tynwald – the Isle of Man legislature – may well be the first legislature associated with the United Kingdom[1] to vote for assisted dying … Read More ›
The Government has today (21 March 2024) published its response to the report of the Joint Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill, published in … Read More ›
In Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v PW & Anor [2024] EWCOP 16, Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation (“IMTC”) had been appointed as property and affairs deputy … Read More ›
In a recent report, entitled A Hidden Crisis, Age UK has highlighted the extent of the problems with DoLS, setting out the results of qualitative … Read More ›
This is a guest post from Lorraine Currie, West Midlands ADASS Associate, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty. For a discussion with Lorraine I … Read More ›
Ahead of the 10th anniversary on 19 March 2024 of the Supreme Court decision in Cheshire West, the Law Society has updated its practical guidance … Read More ›
In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Sam Halliday, we consider why the courts in England & Wales take the approach that they do when considering … Read More ›