In a coincidence of timing (both projects having been started and running independently, albeit with two common joint participants [fn]),… Read more
Month: June 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill update and updated questions
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill had its First Reading (a formality) in the House of Lords on… Read more
The importance of complying (and showing you’ve complied with) the procedural protections of the Mental Health Act 1983
As Deputy Master Marzec put it at the start of her judgment in Appiah & Anor v Leeds City Council… Read more
39 Essex Chambers June 2025 Mental Capacity Report
With huge thanks to Arianna Kelly for editing this in my temporarily incapacitated state, and apologies that technical issues means… Read more
Mental capacity and the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Given the centrality of the concept of mental capacity to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, it is,… Read more
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – what do expert bodies say? (And remember Jersey)
I have updated my resources page on the Bill to include the most recent statements from expert bodies that I… Read more
The Court of Protection and the ‘slip rule’ – a clarification of the procedures
Rule 5.15 of the Court of Protection Rules provides that: “The court may at any time correct any clerical mistakes… Read more
Advance decisions to refuse treatment – what (not) to do when it appears one may be in play
Re AB (ADRT: Validity and Applicability) [2025] EWCOP 20 (T3) is a (rare) example of a court having to grapple… Read more
Compulsory mental health admission and treatment – the latest Strasbourg word
Spivak v Ukraine [2025] ECHR 136 is a very helpful and important reminder of the increasing focus that Strasbourg is… Read more
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill updated with amendments likely to pass at Report stage, and updated questions
In advance of the second day of Report stage on 13 June, I have prepared an unofficial version of the… Read more