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Month: July 2024


Mental capacity and mental health matters – an end of term report

Posted on 31 July 2024 Updated on 31 July 2024

The High Court court term ends today in England & Wales, 31 July.  Not least because the next 39 Essex… Read more

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Belief and mental capacity – the Court of Appeal decides

Posted on 31 July 2024

In Re Sudiksha Thirulamesh (dec’d) [2024] EWCA Civ 896 the Court of Appeal has made very clear how to approach… Read more

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A decision for the court or the doctors? A stark question for Henke J

Posted on 31 July 2024

Re AA (Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment: No Best Interests Decision) [2024] EWCOP 39 (T3) is a difficult case. It concerned… Read more

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Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill – update and resources

Posted on 30 July 2024

Lord Falconer’s Private Member’s Bill is now available.  At the time of writing, there is no date yet set for… Read more

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The inherent jurisdiction, Article 3 ill-treatment, and the limits of the State’s obligations

Posted on 28 July 2024

How far can the State be expected to go in seeking to secure the rights of those in challenging situations? … Read more

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Futility and best interests before the Court of Protection

Posted on 28 July 2024

When medical treatment can be considered to be a futile is an important, but sometimes difficult, question. What can make… Read more

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A judicial reminder of the hard edges of the treatment regime under the MHA 1983

Posted on 27 July 2024

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v KAG & Ors [2024] EWCOP 38 (T3) is a case… Read more

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Mental Health and Justice – project website reborn

Posted on 26 July 2024

Mental Health & Justice was a Wellcome Trust-funded multi-disciplinary research initiative, running between 2017-2023, addressing a cluster of public policy… Read more

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Right Care, Right Person before the courts

Posted on 23 July 2024

It is perhaps slightly surprising that Right Care, Right Person should make its first reported appearance in case-law in the… Read more

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Safeguarding Adults Reviews – themes and implications from a national analysis: in discussion with Professor Michael Preston-Shoot

Posted on 22 July 2024 Updated on 22 July 2024

In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Professor Michael Preston-Shoot about the second national analysis of safeguarding adults reviews… Read more

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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Adam Clive Scott v The Estate of Richard Norman Scott & Ors 29 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
  • Andrew Morris Jenkins & Anor v Sarah Caroline Ingham Evans 3 October 2025
  • Carl Gardner, Deceased (Duration of Transparency Order), Re 24 September 2025
  • Darlington Borough Council v AW & Ors 22 September 2025
  • Lioubov Macpherson v Sunderland City Council 9 September 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
  • Rohit Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings Limited & Anor 26 September 2025
  • Darlington Borough Council v AW & Ors 22 September 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • 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)
  • T128. Form T128: Options for your tribunal referral hearing - community patients (09.25)
  • T113 (CMR1). Form T113 (CMR1): Case management and pre-hearing (09.25)
  • T116. Form T116: Application to First-tier Tribunal - Guardianship (09.25)
  • MHA. Richard Jones, Mental Health Act Manual (28th edn, Sweet and Maxwell 2025)
  • MHCS contact list. HMPPS, 'Mental Health Casework Section contact list' (25 September 2025)

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