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Month: June 2024


Decision-making capacity and mental health law – the Norwegian experience: in conversation with Jacob Jorem

Posted on 27 June 2024

In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Jacob Jorem, a Norwegian psychiatrist, lawyer and researcher, about the Norwegian experience… Read more

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Capacity for care providers

Posted on 23 June 2024 Updated on 24 June 2024

In this video, I seek to answer a question I very often get asked – namely “why do I keep… Read more

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The SEND Tribunal, litigation capacity, and the complexity of the intersection between E, H and C

Posted on 21 June 2024

With thanks to Matthew Wyard of 3PB for bringing this case to my attention, MM (C) v RB Greenwich [2024]… Read more

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Risk-taking, best interests and health and welfare deputies

Posted on 20 June 2024

AB v CD [2024] EWCOP 32 concerned the best interests of a 27 year old man with a moderate learning… Read more

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Capacity, sexual relations, silos and public protection – an impossible tangle for the Court of Protection?

Posted on 20 June 2024

In A Local Authority v ZX [2024] EWCOP 30, HHJ Burrows was confronted, to his considerable (and understandable) disquiet, with… Read more

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The human condition and physician assisted dying – the latest view from the European Court of Human Rights

Posted on 16 June 2024 Updated on 16 June 2024

In Karsai v Hungary [2024] ECHR 516, the European Court of Human Rights has made clear that, whatever the current… Read more

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How far can the Court of Protection go to ensure its orders are complied with?

Posted on 16 June 2024 Updated on 16 June 2024

In LB Hackney v A, B and C [2024] EWCOP 33, John McKendrick KC has answered a question which, as… Read more

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39 Essex Chambers June 2024 Mental Capacity Report

Posted on 6 June 2024

The June 2024 Mental Capacity Report is now out.  Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation… Read more

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Capacity, habitual residence, and internet use in Scotland – a Court of Protection conundrum

Posted on 4 June 2024

In Newcastle City Council v LM [2023] EWCOP 69, David Rees KC (sitting as a Tier 3 Judge of the… Read more

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What is a headnoted law report, and why does it matter?

Posted on 3 June 2024

In this video, I walk through an example of a judicially approved headnote to a Court of Protection case.  It… Read more

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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Daly v His Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) 12 November 2025
  • RS (Best Interests: Surgery and Intensive Care), Re 5 November 2025
  • Andrew Grijns v Janice Grijns & Ors 5 November 2025
  • Adam Clive Scott v The Estate of Richard Norman Scott & Ors 29 October 2025
  • Nottinghamshire County Council v SV & Anor 28 October 2025
  • Medway Council v M & Anor (Assessment of capacity) 22 October 2025
  • A London NHS Trust v DT & Ors (Brain Stem Testing) 21 October 2025
  • Fiona Burgess v Julie Elizabeth Whittle & Anor 16 October 2025
  • KP (Termination of Pregnancy), Re 13 October 2025
  • Steven Maile & Anor v Ruth Elizabeth Maile & Ors 6 October 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Adam Clive Scott v The Estate of Richard Norman Scott & Ors 29 October 2025
  • Khamba & Ors v Harrow London Borough Council & Ors 29 October 2025
  • Medway Council v M & Anor (Assessment of capacity) 22 October 2025
  • Andrew Breeze & Anor v Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary 17 October 2025
  • Sean McDwyer v Zadar Municipal Court (Croatia) 17 October 2025
  • Abbotsley Limited & Anor v Pheasantland Limited & Ors 13 October 2025
  • Steven Maile & Anor v Ruth Elizabeth Maile & Ors 6 October 2025
  • Avista Limited v Care Quality Commission 6 October 2025
  • CD v Disclosure and Barring Service 1 October 2025
  • Rohit Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings Limited & Anor 26 September 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • NHS commissioning. NHS England, 'Who Pays? Determining which NHS commissioner is responsible for commissioning healthcare services and making payments to providers' (v4, July 2025)
  • T129. T129: Your rights to legal representation and to see the tribunal doctor (09.25)
  • T111. Form T111: Referral to First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) (09.25)
  • Job advert. DAC Beachcroft, Bristol - Court of Protection solicitor/associate (listed until 31 January 2026).
  • MHCS update. Ministry of Justice, 'Mental Health Casework Section stakeholder update' (October 2025)
  • Case (Suicide of detained patient). Saranveer Sihota: Chesterfield Borough Council (PFD report, 23 October 2025)
  • Tribunal victims guidance. Practice Guidance on procedure for handling representations from victims in the mental health jurisdiction of the HESC chamber (Practice guidance no 2 of 2025, 27 May 2025)
  • Overseas witnesses and observers. HESC, 'Taking oral evidence from abroad and representatives and observers appearing from abroad' (Presidential Guidance Note No 1 of 2022, September 2022)
  • T144. Form T144: Victim representations and Victim Impact Statement (09.25)
  • T114. Form T114: Witness expenses and guidelines (09.25)

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