Welcome to the December Mental Capacity Law Newsletters. Highlights this month include: 1. In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
I need your money! The MDAC Christmas Appeal
This is not an update, but a request for your assistance with a really important cause. Three colleagues and I… Read more
The vexed Guidance about children’s homes – more developments
In Barnsley MBC v GS & Ors [2014] EWCOP 46, Holman J has held that the Guidance issued jointly by… Read more
JS Mill strikes back – Mostyn J takes on the Supreme Court
Mr Justice Mostyn is nothing if not brave. In a decision handed down on 18 November 2014: Rochdale MBC v… Read more
Re X process goes live
A quick cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site to flag up that the Re X process for judicial… Read more
Taking capacity to the next level
Working on the theory that I am allowed every so often shamelessly to self-publicise, can I draw the attention of… Read more
Guardianship and Cheshire West
Summary The Upper Tribunal in NL v Hampshire County Council (Mental health: All) [2014] UKUT 475 (AAC) has now pronounced… Read more
Acting as a Litigation Friend in the Court of Protection – new Guidance now out
As many of you will know, I have spent a significant part of this year working on guidance commissioned by the… Read more
November Mental Capacity Law Newsletters out
This month’s Mental Capacity Law Newsletters are now out. Highlights include: 1. In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty… Read more
Book Review: Medical Treatment and the Law: Issues of Consent (2nd Edition)
Medical Treatment and the Law: Issues of Consent (2nd Edition): Richard Harper (Jordans, 2014, £54) This book, subtitled “The Protection of… Read more