In University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v PK & Anor [2025] EWCOP 17 (T3), McKendrick J was asked to decide that continuation of … Read More ›
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
I have updated my resources page to include the updated position of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a statement made by the Association of the … Read More ›
The May 2025 Mental Capacity Report. It is our 150th issue, and, to mark this, Tor Butler-Cole KC and have recorded a discussion reflecting on … Read More ›
Johnston v Financial Ombudsman Service [2025] EWCA Civ 551 is a case with a particularly complicated procedural history, but for present purposes the critical questions for … Read More ›
Book Review: Rob George, Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction (Hart, 2024, 293 pp, hardback, £90, ebook £free) I have spent quite a bit of time … Read More ›
With thanks to Rosalind English of the 1 Crown Office Row Law Pod UK podcast for having me on, two podcasts have now come out … Read More ›
A new protocol regulating communications between judges in Scotland, England & Wales, and Northern Ireland has been agreed for cases involving adults who lack capacity. … Read More ›
On 2 May, the impact assessment, equality impact assessment and human rights memorandum promised by the Government to assist Parliament in its consideration of the … Read More ›
The Court of Appeal announced on the day of the hearing of the appeal against the decision of Lieven J in Re J: Local Authority … Read More ›
In the conjoined appeals of Abbasi and Haastrup [2025] UKSC 15, the Supreme Court has grappled with the questions of (1) the jurisdiction of the High Court to grant … Read More ›