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Author: Alex RK

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

What should happen where it appears impossible to engage the person? A high-stakes question for the Court of Protection

Posted on 19 June 2023 Updated on 20 June 2023

In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust & Anor v RL & Ors [2023] EWCOP 22 (a decision handed down in… Read more

Posted in Best interests, Capacity, Case comments, Medical treatment, Mental Health     Tags: assessing capacity, Best interests, capacity, communication     Leave a comment     


Interpersonal influence and decision-making capacity – in conversation with Kevin Ariyo

Posted on 19 June 2023 Updated on 19 June 2023

In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Dr Kevin Ariyo about the research that he led (as part of… Read more

Posted in Webinar     Tags: capacity, inherent jurisdiction, webinar     Leave a comment     


Liberty Protection Safeguards: Welsh Government summary of consultation responses

Posted on 15 June 2023 Updated on 15 June 2023

A Welsh Government consultation was held between 17 March 2022 and 14 July 2022 on four sets of draft Regulations… Read more

Posted in LPS     Tags: LPS     Leave a comment     


Capacity, financial decision-making and young people: new toolkit

Posted on 9 June 2023

A toolkit has been published today (9 June 2023) by the Ministry of Justice as part of a commitment to… Read more

Posted in Miscellaneous     Tags: capacity, Child Trust Funds, young people     Leave a comment     


Calling adult social care lawyers (and others with strong views): LPS survey and webinar –

Posted on 5 June 2023 Updated on 5 June 2023

Ahead of a webinar being hosted by Local Government Lawyer on 13 June at midday in association with LexisNexis with… Read more

Posted in LPS, Webinar     Tags: LPS webinar, survey     Leave a comment     


50 “in conversations with” from the shed – and always in the market for ideas as to who else to talk to!

Posted on 2 June 2023

I have realised that the most recent of my ‘in conversations’ with (with Abiy Babatunde) was the 50th.  A fascinating… Read more

Posted in Webinar     Tags: Webinars     Leave a comment     


39 Essex Chambers June 2023 Mental Capacity Report – and walkthrough

Posted on 2 June 2023 Updated on 2 June 2023

The June 2023 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty… Read more

Posted in Newsletters     Tags: Newsletter     Leave a comment     


Advance choice documents – turning research into reality: in conversation with Abiy Babatunde

Posted on 2 June 2023 Updated on 2 June 2023

In this – the 50th! – ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Abiy Babatunde, research assistant on the Advance Statements… Read more

Posted in Webinar     Tags: webinar     Leave a comment     


LPS delay – Joint Committee on Human Rights questions for Government

Posted on 30 May 2023 Updated on 1 June 2023

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has written (by letter dated 26 May 2023) to the Minister of State for… Read more

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Refusing food in prison – in conversation with Donna Phillips

Posted on 22 May 2023 Updated on 22 May 2023

In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Donna Phillips, Head of Safeguarding at Spectrum Community Health CIC, about the… Read more

Posted in Webinar     Tags: eating and drinking, mental capacity, prisoners     Leave a comment     


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Recent Posts

  • Mental capacity end of term report

    31 July 2026
    The court term in England & Wales ends today, 31 July 2026.  Whilst this does not mean that the Court... …Read More »
  • Book reviews: Research Handbook on Medical Consent and Scottish Medical Essentials (Second Edition)

    27 June 2026
    José Miola and Louise Austin (eds) Research Handbook on Medical Consent (Elgar, 2026, 485 pp, hardback £240 / ebook c£48)... …Read More »
  • Updated AGNI resources page (and over and out for now)

    26 June 2026
    I have updated my resources page on the AGNI case to include, amongst other things, a link to the recording... …Read More »
  • Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – updated Complex Life and Death Decisions briefing

    26 June 2026
    On 14 June 2026, Lauren Roberts MP announced that she would use her position (second) in the Private Members Ballot to re-introduce... …Read More »
  • Capacity: the court and the expert, and the ‘reasons burden

    15 June 2026
    In one of what is likely to be one of her last decisions as a Tier 3 judge (having very... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Sex Matters, R (on the application of) v National Police Chiefs' Council & Anor 31 July 2026
  • Oxfordshire County Council v P 24 July 2026
  • HB (Appointment of Personal Welfare Deputy), Re 24 July 2026
  • Amar Lodhia v Twelve Trees (Bromley-By-Bow) Management Company Limited & Ors 24 July 2026
  • A Local Authority v AC & Ors (Consent to Marriage) 24 July 2026
  • King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v RKG & Anor 23 July 2026
  • Re Patricia (MHA 1983 and s28 MCA 2005) 23 July 2026
  • KA v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 17 July 2026
  • TLA v Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 10 July 2026
  • ATN v WellBN Partnership 30 June 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Re Patricia (MHA 1983 and s28 MCA 2005) 23 July 2026
  • King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v RKG & Anor 23 July 2026
  • NHS Ayrshire and Arran Health Board v The Commissioners for HMRC 7 July 2026
  • Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v QF 29 June 2026
  • Gary Wimblett v The Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary 25 June 2026
  • London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) 12 June 2026
  • Jay Jermaine Davis v R 12 June 2026
  • R v Adam Daniel Froom 12 June 2026
  • The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust v TB & Ors 11 June 2026
  • F, G and H (Return Home Under Supervision Order), Re 10 June 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 162, July 2026)
  • Case (After-care charging). Surrey County Council (LGSCO 25 016 444, 13 May 2026)
  • Immigration guidance. Home Office, 'Inpatient hospital admissions for people detained under immigration powers' (DSO 06/2026, June 2026)
  • Case (Police). AB v Chief Constable of North Wales Police (2026) EWCC 40
  • Case (NR request for assessment). Halton Borough Council (LGSCO 25 007 395, 21 April 2026)
  • Conditional discharge report guidance. HMPPS, 'MHCS: Conditionally Discharged Patients: Supervision and Reporting' (October 2025)
  • Job advert. HAB Law, Watford - Court of Protection fee earners and supervising solicitors (listed until 9 October 2026).
  • Book update. Alex Ruck Keene et al, 'Court of Protection Handbook: Handbook updates' (24 June 2026)

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