Skip to content

Mental Capacity Law and Policy

  • Welcome
  • About me
  • Posts
  • Resources and blogs
    • Mental Health Act resources
    • Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill resources
    • LPS resources
    • Cheshire West resources
  • Shedinars
  • Articles, papers and book chapters
  • Books
  • Legal advice
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy policy

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

Posted in Case comments     Leave a comment     


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

Posted in Case comments     Leave a comment     


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

Posted in Capacity, Case comments     Tags: litigation capacity, SEND Tribunal     Leave a comment     


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

Posted in Best interests     Tags: Best interests, Deputies     Leave a comment     


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

Posted in Capacity, Case comments, Sexual relations     Tags: capacity, Sexual relations     Leave a comment     


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

Posted in Assisted dying / assisted suicide     Tags: assisted dying / assisted suicide     Leave a comment     


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

Posted in Case comments, Inherent jurisdiction, Practice and Procedure     Tags: inherent jurisdiction, practice and procedure     Leave a comment     


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

Posted in Newsletters     Tags: Newsletters     Leave a comment     


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

Posted in Case comments, Cross-border     Tags: cross-border, internet use     Leave a comment     


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

Posted in Webinar     Leave a comment     


Posts pagination

1 2 Next

Recent Posts

  • Advance decisions to refuse treatment – updated guidance note

    24 January 2026
    I have updated my guidance note on advance decisions to refuse treatment under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to take... …Read More »
  • If you do not know you are doing wrong, can you sue for not being prevented from doing it? – the Supreme Court pronounces

    21 January 2026
    The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal of three of the relevant public bodies in the Lewis-Ranwell case, concerning the effect... …Read More »
  • Nearest relatives – the law and the reality: in conversation with Nick Robinson, Judy Laing and Jeremy Dixon

    20 January 2026
    In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Nick Robinson, Professor Judy Laing, and Dr Jeremy Dixon about the website that... …Read More »
  • New 39 Essex Chambers website, but same mental capacity resources!

    17 January 2026
    My Chambers have launched a new and zippy version of our website.  But don’t worry, all the content that you... …Read More »
  • Supporting the legal capacity of all persons with disabilities – in conversation with János Fiala-Butora

    12 January 2026
    In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to the lawyer and academic Dr János Fiala-Butora about his new book, Implementing the... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • A Local Authority v ZX 22 January 2026
  • Clive Leonard Stephenson & Anor v Gerard Anthony Daley & Anor 19 January 2026
  • Alison Parr v Cheshire East Council & Anor 9 January 2026
  • Stuart John Pilbrow v Nicola Jane Eileen Glanville & Anor 8 January 2026
  • London Borough of Lewisham v SL & Anor 19 December 2025
  • Priti Patel v Nicholas O'Sullivan & Ors 19 December 2025
  • Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust v EF & Ors 19 December 2025
  • SW v Nottingham City Council & Anor 19 December 2025
  • White and Sterling Residential Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 17 December 2025
  • Nicola Anne Lowe v Lucy Daniells 17 December 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Optosafe Limited & Anor v John Mark Robertson 5 January 2026
  • Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust v EF & Ors 19 December 2025
  • Jamie Jenkins v R 18 December 2025
  • White and Sterling Residential Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 17 December 2025
  • ABW, R (on the application of) v Secretary Of State for the Home Department 17 December 2025
  • R v Akram Miah 16 December 2025
  • D (Contempt: Sentencing), Re 16 December 2025
  • Angus Cameron v Secretary of State for Justice & Anor 4 December 2025
  • Powys Teaching Health Board & Anor v NT & Anor 1 December 2025
  • R v Sundeep Singh 28 November 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Job advert. Stephensons Solicitors LLP, Wigan - Court of Protection solicitor.
  • Tribunal reasons guidance. Practice Direction from the Senior President of Tribunals: Reasons for decisions (4 June 2024)
  • Case (Ex turpi causa). Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd [2026] UKSC 2
  • Case (Ex turpi causa). Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 138
  • Case (Inadequate reasons about treatment). MK v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust [2025] MHLO 17 (UT)
  • Open justice. Mark Sutherland Williams, 'The family court and open justice: evolution, reform, and wider implications for the HESC Chamber' (14 January 2026)
  • Welfare benefits and hospital orders. DWP, 'Convicted criminals detained in hospitals set to lose benefits' (press release, 15 January 2026)
  • Case (Sentence reduced). R v Holland [2025] EWCA Crim 1628
  • New website layout
  • Case (Aftercare accommodation charging complaint). London Borough of Lewisham (LGSCO, 18 010 781)

Monthly Post Archives

  • January 2026 (9)
  • December 2025 (9)
  • November 2025 (13)
  • October 2025 (4)
  • September 2025 (13)
  • August 2025 (3)
  • July 2025 (11)
  • June 2025 (10)
  • May 2025 (10)
  • April 2025 (5)
  • March 2025 (14)
  • February 2025 (9)
  • January 2025 (8)
  • December 2024 (3)
  • November 2024 (20)
  • October 2024 (13)
  • September 2024 (8)
  • August 2024 (5)
  • July 2024 (19)
  • June 2024 (12)
  • May 2024 (10)
  • April 2024 (13)
  • March 2024 (20)
  • February 2024 (11)
  • January 2024 (10)
  • December 2023 (8)
  • November 2023 (8)
  • October 2023 (10)
  • September 2023 (9)
  • August 2023 (14)
  • July 2023 (13)
  • June 2023 (17)
  • May 2023 (9)
  • April 2023 (14)
  • March 2023 (12)
  • February 2023 (15)
  • January 2023 (12)
  • December 2022 (8)
  • November 2022 (3)
  • October 2022 (6)
  • September 2022 (5)
  • August 2022 (3)
  • July 2022 (14)
  • June 2022 (16)
  • May 2022 (9)
  • April 2022 (4)
  • March 2022 (13)
  • February 2022 (7)
  • January 2022 (2)
  • December 2021 (8)
  • November 2021 (13)
  • October 2021 (4)
  • September 2021 (8)
  • August 2021 (1)
  • July 2021 (7)
  • June 2021 (8)
  • May 2021 (11)
  • April 2021 (7)
  • March 2021 (20)
  • February 2021 (19)
  • January 2021 (13)
  • December 2020 (7)
  • November 2020 (11)
  • October 2020 (17)
  • September 2020 (10)
  • August 2020 (9)
  • July 2020 (10)
  • June 2020 (19)
  • May 2020 (27)
  • April 2020 (13)
  • March 2020 (9)
  • February 2020 (13)
  • January 2020 (8)
  • December 2019 (1)
  • November 2019 (6)
  • October 2019 (9)
  • September 2019 (6)
  • August 2019 (1)
  • July 2019 (8)
  • June 2019 (5)
  • May 2019 (12)
  • April 2019 (11)
  • March 2019 (7)
  • February 2019 (6)
  • December 2018 (14)
  • November 2018 (7)
  • October 2018 (10)
  • September 2018 (4)
  • July 2018 (6)
  • June 2018 (3)
  • May 2018 (4)
  • April 2018 (3)
  • March 2018 (14)
  • February 2018 (6)
  • January 2018 (4)
  • December 2017 (5)
  • November 2017 (6)
  • October 2017 (9)
  • September 2017 (12)
  • August 2017 (3)
  • July 2017 (4)
  • June 2017 (9)
  • May 2017 (12)
  • April 2017 (6)
  • March 2017 (14)
  • February 2017 (4)
  • January 2017 (3)
  • December 2016 (16)
  • November 2016 (13)
  • October 2016 (6)
  • September 2016 (6)
  • August 2016 (7)
  • July 2016 (4)
  • June 2016 (10)
  • May 2016 (7)
  • April 2016 (5)
  • March 2016 (9)
  • February 2016 (8)
  • January 2016 (8)
  • December 2015 (7)
  • November 2015 (4)
  • October 2015 (9)
  • September 2015 (3)
  • August 2015 (4)
  • July 2015 (11)
  • June 2015 (9)
  • May 2015 (4)
  • April 2015 (9)
  • March 2015 (6)
  • February 2015 (4)
  • January 2015 (4)
  • December 2014 (2)
  • November 2014 (8)
  • October 2014 (9)
  • September 2014 (2)
  • August 2014 (5)
  • July 2014 (8)
  • June 2014 (5)
  • May 2014 (7)
  • April 2014 (13)
  • March 2014 (24)

Log In


Lost your password?
Register
Forgotten Password
Cancel

Register For This Site

A password will be e-mailed to you.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.

To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
BlogBD WordPress Theme