Confirmation hot off the press (15 June) that both case management and s.49 reports are to start on 1 September. … Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Today (15 June) is the 10th World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and therefore the ideal opportunity to highlight Action on Elder Abuse. The… Read more
Book Review – “Addressing Vulnerability in Justice Systems”
Addressing Vulnerability in Justice Systems (ed Penny Cooper and Linda Hunting, Wildy, Simmons and Hill, 2016, hardback, £19.95) This very reasonably… Read more
MSc Mental Health and Law QMUL
A quick plug for this MSc course being run jointly by the Departments of Law and Psychiatry at Queen Mary… Read more
June Mental Capacity Law Newsletters now published
Highlights this month include: 1. In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter: Neil Allen comments on the Law… Read more
Essex Autonomy Project Three Jurisdictions CRPD Report just published
The Essex Autonomy Project has just published a major report entitled “Towards Compliance with CRPD Art.12 in Capacity/Incapacity Legislation across… Read more
Mental Health Lawyers Association COP conference – nearly upon us
A reminder that there are only a couple of weeks to go until the 3rd annual MHLA COP conference in… Read more
Law Commission Interim Statement on MCA/DOLS now published
The Law Commission has just published an interim report upon its Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty project, to which… Read more
Private deprivations of liberty, deputies, and the state
In Staffordshire County Council v SRK & Ors [2016] EWCOP 27, Charles J has grappled with the thorny question of… Read more
The Use of Physical Intervention and Restraint: Helpful or Harmful? Seminar 13 June
My admirable colleague Tor Butler-Cole is co-organising with Leigh Day solicitors and speaking at this seminar on 13 June on… Read more