A paper that I have written with Allegra Enefer has been published in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. … Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
Wittgenstein, clinical dilemmas, and Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.” Whilst the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was thinking of rather different matters… Read more
How to read a Court of Protection judgment – shedinar
Prompted by a number of situations recently in which I have been concerned that professionals may not always know how… Read more
Book Reviews: Compulsory Mental Health Interventions and the CRPD; and The Right to be Protected from Committing Suicide
Compulsory Mental Health Interventions and the CRPD (Anna Nilsson, Hart, 2021 hardback/paperback/eBook, c.£75/£33; and The Right to be Protected from… Read more
LPS implementation – a hare running
In a rather spectacular coup, Community Care reported on 28 October 2022 that LPS implementation was due in October 2023,… Read more
Decision-making styles and stresses – the case of autism: in conversation with David Mason
In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to PhD student David Mason about the research that the King’s College London… Read more
Mental health law reform – the Scottish perspective: in conversation with Professor Jill Stavert and Professor Colin McKay
I am joined, not in the shed (under repair), by Professors Jill Stavert and Colin McKay, both members of the… Read more
National Mental Capacity Forum new series of webinars: starting 20 October with DNACPR and the MCA
NEVER STOP LEARNING ABOUT MENTAL CAPACITY: The National Mental Capacity Forum is pleased to announce the launch of a second… Read more
Advance choice documents: their potential and prerequisites – in conversation with Dr Lade Smith CBE
In the latest ‘in conversation with,’ Dr Lade Smith CBE and I talk about advance choice documents in the mental health… Read more
Online safeguarding, capacity and rights to participation – in conversation with Professor Andy Phippen
In this ‘in conversation’ with Professor Andy Phippen, we talk about online safeguarding, capacity, and why Andy really dislikes the… Read more