The April 2026 Mental Capacity Report. It takes a different form to normal as our (over) commitments means that we… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – discrimination and distortion
I have set my (excellent) Law at the End of Life students on the Medical Law / Medical Ethics and… Read more
The COVID-19 inquiry – two key healthcare recommendations
I have not written much about the COVID-19 inquiry on this site. In part this is because, having been very… Read more
An ‘intolerable’ deprivation of liberty – and the need for reasons
No one will ever entirely fill the shoes of the late Sir James Munby, one of whose defining characteristics was… Read more
Capacity as a social construct, and the problem of untangling the spider’s web
Many, including, me, who read the judgment of Poole J in SW v Nottingham City Council & Anor [2025] EWCOP 53… Read more
Switzerland and the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – how many would still travel?
One point quite often lost in the debate about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill before the Westminster… Read more
Family Help, Early Help and the myth of ‘non-statutory support’
The Department for Education has published an updated version of Working Together to Safeguard Children (‘Working Together’), the statutory guidance… Read more
Assisted dying and Article 2 ECHR – a self-imposed dilemma (and an update on delegated powers)
Assisted dying and the duty to secure life under Article 2 ECHR With grateful thanks to the Socio-Legal Studies Association… Read more
Personal welfare deputies – Lawson and Mottram strikes back?
Personal welfare deputyship cases are like buses – you wait ages, and then three come along all at once. After… Read more
Personal welfare deputies, the Court of Protection and Article 8 ECHR
Re XY [2025] EWCOP 55 (T2)[1] is an important decision about the powers of welfare deputies. The specific facts of… Read more