The President of the Family Division has set out public-facing Practice Guidance (January 2025) for cases transitioning from the National DOL List (“NDL”) to the … Read More ›
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
The Joint Committee on Human Rights is undertaking scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill to assess its compatibility with international and domestic human rights standards. … Read More ›
I have updated my resources page on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill), but particularly welcome any position statements and the like from … Read More ›
Ahead of more detailed coverage of the nuances of this complicated case in the February 2025 Mental Capacity Report, it is worth highlighting the ‘lessons … Read More ›
Peel J in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust & Anor v PQ [2024] EWCOP 73 (T3) has reiterated the need for timely applications to be made … Read More ›
In Re EM (Deprivation of Liberty, Care Planning & Costs) [2024] EWCOP 76 (T2), HHJ Burrows helpfully busted some disturbingly frequent myths about DoLS. The … Read More ›
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which passed its second reading in the House of Commons on 8 January, would amend s.25 Children Act 1989 … Read More ›
The December 2024 Mental Capacity Report will shortly be making its way to subscribers’ inboxes. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and … Read More ›
Re ZX (Capacity to Engage in Sexual Relations) [2024] EWCA Civ 1462 is a leapfrog appeal from a Tier 2 Judge to the Court of … Read More ›
I have now added a resources page to my website which seeks to set out relevant resources to enable understanding of the background to and … Read More ›