Registration is now open for the 2023 Summer School, which will take place over the course of three days at the Wivenhoe… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
Lawyer vacancies at the Office of the Official Solicitor
The OSPT is recruiting again for lawyers in the Healthcare & Welfare team and also the Civil Litigation team. Details of four… Read more
Fluctuating capacity – making rights real and practical, not theoretical and illusory
Hot on the heels of the decision in North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5, another decision has… Read more
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