In the context of the imminent start of the Public Bill Committee stage of the Mental Health Bill in the… Read more
Month: May 2025
Law Commission Modernising Wills Law project reports
After nearly 10 years, much longer than most projects (and caused in part by the then-government requesting a delay at… Read more
An important reminder that it is the judge who has the final say as to best interests
In University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v PK & Anor [2025] EWCOP 17 (T3), McKendrick J was asked… Read more
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – updated positions of key bodies and corrections to impact assessments
I have updated my resources page to include the updated position of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a statement made… Read more
39 Essex Chambers May 2025 Mental Capacity Report – issue 150!
The May 2025 Mental Capacity Report. It is our 150th issue, and, to mark this, Tor Butler-Cole KC and have… Read more
Litigation capacity – and what happens if you never had it?
Johnston v Financial Ombudsman Service [2025] EWCA Civ 551 is a case with a particularly complicated procedural history, but for present… Read more
Book Review: Rob George: Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction
Book Review: Rob George, Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction (Hart, 2024, 293 pp, hardback, £90, ebook £free) I have spent… Read more
Reflections on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill podcast (x2)
With thanks to Rosalind English of the 1 Crown Office Row Law Pod UK podcast for having me on, two… Read more
Cross-border capacity cases within the UK: a new judicial protocol and handbook
A new protocol regulating communications between judges in Scotland, England & Wales, and Northern Ireland has been agreed for cases… Read more
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill developments / resources
On 2 May, the impact assessment, equality impact assessment and human rights memorandum promised by the Government to assist Parliament… Read more