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Author: Alex RK

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

Capacity, consent and supported decision-making: RCN Seminar 1 February

Posted on 12 January 2016

My Kings and Chambers colleagues, respectively Professor Genevra Richardson, Dr Jill Craigie and Tor Butler-Cole are giving what promises to be fascinating seminar… Read more

Posted in Conferences     Tags: Conferences, CRPD     Leave a comment     


Book Reviews: Social Work with Adults; Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook (2nd edition); and Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook (3rd edition)

Posted on 9 January 2016

    Social Work with Adults: Jim Rogers, Lucy Bright and Helen Davies (SAGE, 2015, paperback/Kindle, £20.99) It is a… Read more

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4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship Law

Posted on 31 December 2015

The 4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship will be held under the auspices of the German Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer… Read more

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So that was 2015 – a mini-review of the year

Posted on 31 December 2015

I think that it can properly be said that 2015 was the year that the MCA, if it did not… Read more

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‘Safeguarding Adults and Legal Literacy’: new seminar series investigating the impact of the Care Act

Posted on 29 December 2015

I am very pleased to announce an ESRC funded project with which I am involved – the Safeguarding Adults and… Read more

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December Newsletters now not only out but accessible

Posted on 9 December 2015

Apologies – a technical glitch earlier meant readers could not access the newsletters; this has now been resolved.    I… Read more

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Book reviews: Care Act Manual (2nd edition) and Deprivation of Liberty: A Handbook

Posted on 2 December 2015

I have finally managed to find the time to review two books that have been provided to me: Care Act… Read more

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St George’s and the powers of the court

Posted on 1 December 2015 Updated on 1 December 2015

Newton J has very recently authorised the publication of the order he made in St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust v… Read more

Posted in Case comments, Medical treatment     Tags: Court of Protection practice and procedure, medical treatment     Leave a comment     


Next month’s newsletter is getting longer and longer

Posted on 1 December 2015

The judiciary have been going into overdrive.   Since my last mini news update, not only will be reporting upon the… Read more

Posted in Capacity, Case comments, Mental Health, Practice and Procedure     Tags: capacity, Court of Protection practice and procedure, Mental Health Act 1983     Leave a comment     


We’ve come over all pink – the revised 1st edition of the COPH now out!

Posted on 26 November 2015

My fellow authors and I are delighted to announce that a revised first edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is… 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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