A cross-post here to my fellow author Sophy Miles’ excellent post on the Court of Protection Handbook site on the… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
March Mental Capacity Law Newsletters now out!
Welcome to the March 2016 Newsletters. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter: what… Read more
Powers of attorney, care homes, best interests and deprivation of liberty
I have been asked by a good BIA (you know who you are!) to write something about powers of attorney,… Read more
Court of Protection Handbook second edition – your chance to make a difference
In between our various day jobs, my co-authors and I are setting the wheels in motion to produce a second edition… Read more
Transparency Guidance further updated
Here is the link to a further iteration of the transparency guidance accompanying the pilot, dealing with anonymisation of local… Read more
Case Management Pilot Draft published
The long-awaited case management pilot has now been published in draft form for comment and consideration before it goes live… Read more
CRPD – event on Operationalising Article 12.4 Safeguards: Lessons from Three Jurisdictions of the UK
The Essex Autonomy Project examination of UK compliance with the CRPD with which I am involved is holding what promises to be… Read more
Transparency guidance on anonymisation updated
Following feedback that the procedure being adopted to ensure that parties were anonymised was perhaps a little too over-zealous, new… Read more
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