With their customary efficiency, the Parliamentary authorities have printed a new version of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life)… Read more
Month: March 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – as amended at Public Bill Committee stage
[update 29 March – please now see this page] I have prepared an entirely unofficial version of the Bill with… Read more
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – Bill with amendments to 20 March 2025, and an important clause to be debated next
I have prepared an entirely unofficial version of the Bill with the amendments to 20 March 2025. It is available… Read more
Annotated Mental Health Act 1983 with changes proposed in Mental Health Bill – updated
Minor changes were made by way of Government amendments to the MH Bill as it went through the Committee stage… Read more
Capacity assessment and conversation analysis – in discussion with Jess Foulkes, Suzanne Beeke and Anna Volkmer
In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Jess Foulkes, Dr Suzanne Beeke and Dr Anna Volkmer about their paper… Read more
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – Bill with amendments to 15 March 2025
Prompted by a question from a colleague in Chambers who was (understandably) finding it very difficult to track through precisely… Read more
‘Stitch,’ capacity and complexity – a masterclass in capacity determination
Cobb J is shortly to take his position on the Court of Appeal. The decision in Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council… Read more
The MCA and Multiple Exclusion Homelessness – a scoping paper walkthrough
In this video, I do a walkthrough of Approaches to the mental capacity assessment of people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness in… Read more
Book review: The Later Years: The Simple Guide to Organising the Rest of your Life
Book Review: Peter Thornton, The Later Years: The Simple Guide to Organising the Rest of your Life (Bedford Square. 2025,… Read more
39 Essex Chambers March 2025 Mental Capacity Report and walkthrough
The March 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out, Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of… Read more