In Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1, the Supreme Court had to decide whether (and,… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
The European Court of Human Rights: mental health detention and Articles 3 and 5 ECHR
Strasbourg means what it says in relation to the tightening of the criteria for admission and detention in the context… Read more
Care home and hospital visiting in England: the new framework from 6 April 2024
Following on from its consultation on visiting in care homes and hospitals in England, the DHSC has (1) published its… Read more
Court of Protection round-up: December/January
In lieu of a Mental Capacity Report, the next edition of which will be out in February, and which will… Read more
Capacity in context – a paradigm case
A Local Authority v KP [2023] EHWC 3210 (Fam) is a case not easily reducible to a short summary. In… Read more
An interface overcome – physical treatment for a detained patient
A Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v K [2023] EWCOP 59 concerned the treatment for leukaemia of a patient detained under… Read more
Medical treatment and the clarity of options
In The NHS Foundation Trust v K [2023] EWCOP 57, Judd J had to consider an application for declarations with… Read more
The MCA and human rights – a refresher
Paul Bowen KC, sitting as a Tier 3 Judge, helpfully restated the interaction between the MCA and the ECHR in… Read more
Mental disorder, medical evidence and deprivation of liberty
In Stockport MBC v KB [2023] EWCOP 58, HHJ Burrows addressed two questions in relating to ‘community DoL’ applications that… Read more
Mental health, coercion, lived experience and what is truly important – in conversation with Graham Morgan MBE
In the last ‘in conversation’ of 2023, I talk to Graham Morgan MBE about his perspective on coercion in mental… Read more