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Author: Alex RK

Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk

ERC Voices Project Final Workshop 22 November

Posted on 22 September 2017

The ERC VOICES project final workshop, to be held on 22 November at NUI in Galway, will draw together the… Read more

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International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law: new issue out

Posted on 22 September 2017 Updated on 22 September 2017

The third issue (in its new guise) of the IJMHCL is now out, highlights including: Emma Cave, Jacinta OA Tan:… Read more

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Medical treatment cases and the Court of Protection

Posted on 20 September 2017 Updated on 20 September 2017

Peter Jackson J has just (20 Sept) handed down this important judgment making clear his view that there is no… Read more

Posted in Case comments     Tags: medical treatment     Leave a comment     


Court of Protection Court User Meeting 11 October

Posted on 14 September 2017

The next Court of Protection Court User Meeting (open to the public) is to be held on Wednesday 11 October… Read more

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Social welfare law in Wales – new resource

Posted on 13 September 2017

As the law relating to welfare issues increasingly diverges in Wales (see, for instance, the different approaches to safeguarding taken… Read more

Posted in Miscellaneous     Tags: community care, Wales     Leave a comment     


39 Essex Chambers September Mental Capacity Report

Posted on 12 September 2017

The Mental Capacity Law Reports are now back after their summer break.  This month’s highlights are: 1) In the Health,… Read more

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All life is an experiment – patient choice from the other side of capacity

Posted on 6 September 2017 Updated on 6 September 2017

In a fascinating judgment, B v D [2017] EWCOP 15, handed down on 5 September, Baker J had to consider… Read more

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Deprivation of Liberty – towards the Liberty Protection Safeguards conference 8 December

Posted on 4 September 2017 Updated on 5 September 2017

There is a second outing coming up in December for a conference in London, chaired by me, looking both at where… Read more

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“Putting P at the heart of the Court of Protection”: CoPPA National Conference 13 September

Posted on 31 August 2017

CoPPA’s national conference is only a couple of weeks away.  To be held at the Law Society in Chancery Lane,… Read more

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Strike: the Helmet Project – artists get busy on cycle helmets to raise awareness of brain injury

Posted on 23 August 2017

Strike: The Helmet Project is a unique charity exhibition of bike helmets turned into works of art, which will be… Read more

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Recent Posts

  • Capacity, the ‘support principle’ and assisted dying – the case of learning disability

    10 September 2026
    One of the consequences of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill cross-referring directly to the Mental Capacity Act... …Read More »
  • Case management and the Court of Protection – a wild idea [guest post)

    10 September 2026
    [This is a guest post by Victoria Butler-Cole KC, a colleague of mine at 39 Essex Chambers, co-founder of the... …Read More »
  • Suicide prevention and assisted dying – managing the tension

    9 September 2026
    Suicide prevention is understood as a multi-agency public health endeavour aimed at reducing suicide deaths through a combination of individual... …Read More »
  • Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill updated briefings from the Complex Life and Death Decisions Group

    7 September 2026
    The second reading of Lauren Edwards’ Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is on Friday 11 September.  Together with my Complex... …Read More »
  • AGNI – the most comprehensive first instance ‘run’ at it so far

    4 September 2026
    Just too late for the September 2026 Mental Capacity Report, HHJ Burrows has handed down the most comprehensive first instance... …Read More »

RSS feed: National Archives Mental Capacity cases National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Various Applications in respect of ‘Direct Payments’, Re 10 September 2026
  • KDS v EUI Limited 9 September 2026
  • AR (Whether restrictions amount to a deprivation of liberty), Re 4 September 2026
  • Julie Marie Croll v The Estate of Margaret Mary Thorpe & Ors 28 August 2026
  • NHS North East London ICB v FHR & Ors 26 August 2026
  • Lindsay Bisiker v Judith Ann Bisiker & Ors 24 August 2026
  • Argyll and Bute Council v RF (No 2) (Registration under Sch 3 MCA 2005) 19 August 2026
  • Angela Ritchie v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 18 August 2026
  • CW v Hartlepool Borough Council & Anor 14 August 2026
  • Mustafa (a child), Re 12 August 2026

RSS feed: National Archives Mental Health Act cases National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • E (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order: Public Law Proceedings), Re 10 September 2026
  • DOL, R (on the application of) v Southampton City Council 28 August 2026
  • R v Ellis Coulson 21 August 2026
  • T (A Child: Traumatic Injuries), Re 18 August 2026
  • Yaa Foriwaa Appiah & Anor v Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 12 August 2026
  • Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust v CG (by their litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) & Anor 7 August 2026
  • Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council v AD 5 August 2026
  • Nottinghamshire County Council v LM & Anor 4 August 2026
  • University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v HH 4 August 2026
  • King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v RKG & Anor 23 July 2026

RSS feed: Mental Health Law Online updates Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Welsh Measure Code. Welsh Government, 'Code of Practice to Parts 2 and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010' (2012)
  • English/Welsh differences. Law Society, 'Practice note: Differences in English and Welsh law' (10 September 2026)
  • Case (Aftercare complaint). London Borough of Islington (LGSCO, 25 019 236)
  • Case (Delay to discharge). Lancashire County Council (LGSCO, 24 022 487)
  • Case (Service charge wrongly charged under s117). London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LGSCO, 25 027 355)
  • COP/inherent jurisdiction book. Oliver Lewis, Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults (Bloomsbury 2026)
  • Event. PELT: Introduction to using COP including s21A appeals and AGNI (online, 2 December 2026)
  • Event. PELT: MCA, new definition of DOL and implications of AGNI (online, 25 November 2026)
  • Event. PELT: Introduction to MHA and Code, including DOL/AGNI (online, 18 November 2026)
  • Event. PELT: Law Society approved 2 day MHT Course (online, 8-9 October 2026)

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