Following feedback that the procedure being adopted to ensure that parties were anonymised was perhaps a little too over-zealous, new… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
2 years and counting – the MCLAP website journey so far
I cannot quite believe that it is now 2 years since I set up this website, and I thought that it might… Read more
Storytellers wanted for VOICES project
The excellent VOICES project at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the NUI Galway is a really important project in… Read more
Increasing Understanding and Uptake of Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment in Wales – report published
A report has just been published by the Public Policy Institute for Wales for the Welsh Minister for Health and… Read more
The wait is over – the February Mental Capacity Newsletters are now out
The February 2016 Newsletters are now available. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter:… Read more
Transparency Order Explained
My admirable Chambers colleague Tor Butler-Cole has prepared an unofficial annotated version of the Transparency Pilot order to assist explaining… Read more
One stage closer – the NI Bill (mostly) survives Committee scrutiny
At its meeting on 25 January 2016, the Ad Hoc Joint Committee to Consider the Mental Capacity Bill agreed to… Read more
GMC consultation on guidance for doctors on confidentiality – closing 10 February
The GMC is consulting on a replacement to its current Confidentiality guidance, published in 2009. The guidance addresses, inter alia, the… Read more
A parent cannot consent to the deprivation of liberty of their 16 or 17 year old child
In Birmingham City Council v D [2016] EWCOP 8, the sequel to a case discussed here, Keehan J has held: “however close… Read more
Deadline coming up fast for submissions to special issue of IJMHCL
A reminder that the deadline for submission to the special edition on deprivation of liberty of the International Journal of Mental Health… Read more