The July 2023 39 Essex Chambers Mental Report is now out. Highlights this month include: 1. In the Health, Welfare… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
Restraint, physical health and the detained patient: the rights in play
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust v HJ [2023] EWFC 92 concerned the question of whether specific authorisation is required… Read more
Disentangling decisions – and do they even need to be taken: the Court of Protection pronounces
Wiltshire County Council v RB & Ors [2023] EWCOP 26 concerned a 29 year old woman diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder…. Read more
Executive capacity and the Court of Protection
Warrington Borough Council v Y & Ors [2023] EWCOP 27. This application concerned Y, who was in her early twenties…. Read more
Scottish Mental Health Law Review – the Scottish Government response
The Scottish Government has today (28 June 2023) published its response to the independent review of mental health, capacity and… Read more
Book Review: Making Decisions in Compulsory Mental Health Work
Making Decisions in Compulsory Mental Health Work (edited by Jill Hemmington and Sarah Vicary, Policy Press, 2023, 203 pages, c… Read more
Deprivation of liberty applications relating to children: what is actually happening?
[In an extremely helpful, but depressing, report published on 22 June 2023, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory analysed applications received… Read more
Third UK and Ireland Mental Diversity Law Conference – 6th & 7th July 2023 – final chance to register
Registration closes at 12 noon on 29 June for the Third UK and Ireland Mental Diversity Law Conference – 6th… Read more
DHSC response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights regarding the LPS delay and its implications
[The Joint Committee on Human Rights wrote on 28 May 2023 to the Minister of State for Social Care to… Read more
Visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices – consultation on proposed new legislation in England
The Department of Health and Social Care is consulting (with a closing date of 16 August 2023), seeking “views on… Read more