Hot on the heels of the decision in North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5, another decision has… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
A capacity masterclass from MacDonald J (and an updated capacity guide from us)
In 2015, in Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v C and V [2015] EWCOP 80, MacDonald J provided both the… Read more
Supporting decision-making and reducing coercion in mental health care – in conversation with Dr Piers Gooding
In this ‘in conversation with’ across time zones, I talk to Dr Piers Gooding about his work in relation to… Read more
Capacity and the suicidal patient – new paper
Building on work led on by Dr Chloe Beale (see here for a conversation from my shed with her), a… Read more
Small payments scheme consultation: response now published
The Ministry of Justice consulted in 2021-22 on a potential mechanism to enable families seeking access to small funds belonging… Read more
Book Review: Advance Directives across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis
Advance Directives across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis (edited by Daisy Cheung and Michael Dunn, Cambridge University Press, 2022, 341… Read more
Commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
After a very protracted journey, including amendments introduced even before it had been implemented, it was announced today (24 February)… Read more
Fluctuating capacity, emotional dysregulation and public protection: a swansong for Hayden J
The case of A Local Authority v H [2023] EWCOP 4 concerned a young adult, H, described by Hayden J… Read more
A new Vice-President for the Court of Protection
After a stint since 2018 marked indelibly by the pandemic, as well as by the promulgation of no less than… Read more
Alcohol Related Brain Damage and capacity – in conversation with Ken Wilson and Julia Lewis
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I learn from (retired) Professor Ken Wilson and Dr Julia Lewis about Alcohol Related Brain… Read more