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Author: Alex RK

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

Job vacancy alert (Court of Protection solicitor – health and welfare)

Posted on 16 September 2022 Updated on 16 September 2022

The London-based firm, Mackintosh Law, are recruiting for another full time solicitor (0 to 3 years PQE) to join their mental… Read more

Posted in Miscellaneous     Tags: miscellaneous     Leave a comment     


Mental capacity shedinars and conversations – a small plug

Posted on 6 September 2022

As thoughts turn to new terms and new jobs, I wanted to highlight for those of you coming to work… Read more

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Piloting co-produced advance choice documents – in conversation with Dr Lucy Stephenson

Posted on 6 September 2022

In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Lucy Stephenson, we talk about a pilot project she has led on as part… Read more

Posted in Webinar     Tags: advance choice documents, Mental Health Act reform     Leave a comment     


Supported Decision-Making: Meaning and Practice – conference 2 September

Posted on 31 August 2022 Updated on 31 August 2022

A one day seminar on the meaning and practice of supported decision-making is being held by the Centre for Medical… Read more

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Transparently clunky – Mostyn J and transparency orders before the Court of Protection

Posted on 10 August 2022

In Re EM [2022] EWCOP 31, Mostyn J expressed a number of concerns about the transparency order made in the… Read more

Posted in Case comments, Practice and Procedure     Tags: practice and procedure, transparency     Leave a comment     


Archie Battersbee: the context and the relevance of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Posted on 3 August 2022

For several days, the case of Archie Battersbee has been a lead story in the media in England & Wales.  … Read more

Posted in Case comments, Medical treatment     Tags: children, CRPD, Life-sustaining treatment     2 Comments     


Human Rights in Care Settings: Joint Committee on Human Rights reports

Posted on 22 July 2022 Updated on 22 July 2022

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has today (22 July) published its report into Human Rights in Care Settings, following… Read more

Posted in LPS, Miscellaneous     Tags: DOLS, human rights, JCHR, LPS     Leave a comment     


Assessment of Mental Capacity: A Practical Guide for Doctors and Lawyers (BMA/Law Society) 5th edition almost here

Posted on 21 July 2022

Warning: further shameless self-promotion.  The 5th edition of the Assessment of Mental Capacity: A Practical Guide for Doctors and Lawyers… Read more

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Court of Protection Handbook 4th edition – almost here

Posted on 21 July 2022

Shameless self-promotion alert: the fourth edition of the Legal Action Group Court of Protection Handbook is now available to pre-order,… Read more

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Reported judgments involving medical treatment of children

Posted on 20 July 2022

In a very helpful development anyone either interested in or involved in cases involving the medical treatment of children, Professor… Read more

Posted in Miscellaneous     Tags: children, medical treatment     Leave a comment     


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Recent Posts

  • Position statements, transparency and the Court of Protection

    21 May 2026
    The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal against the decision of Poole J in Re AB (Disclosure of Position... …Read More »
  • The contact constraints on the Court of Protection

    16 May 2026
    The issue of visiting in care homes is a distinctly hot topic at the time of writing (May 2026).  Linked,... …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers May Mental Capacity Report

    11 May 2026
    The May 2026 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty... …Read More »
  • Gretna Green and children’s capacity – in discussion with Jonathan Brown

    7 May 2026
    In the latest ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Dr Jonathan Brown about the very different approach to the decision-making... …Read More »
  • Instructing experts, and how long does the leash have to be for the acid test to be satisfied?

    2 May 2026
    Bristol City Council v CC & Ors [2026] EWCOP 19 (T3) is both an important and an interesting decision.  It is... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Graham Burgess v Dominik Sikprski & Anor 22 May 2026
  • Uriah Woods v The State No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago) 22 May 2026
  • NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board v OQD & Anor 22 May 2026
  • Gardner (Deceased) (Court of Protection: Disclosure of Position Statements), Re 21 May 2026
  • Gary Alexander MacDougall v Lloyd Philip Thomas & Ors 21 May 2026
  • Madana Saibo Mohamed Hakeem v The Commissioners for HMRC 19 May 2026
  • BEA, R (on the application of) v Staffordshire County Council 18 May 2026
  • Amar Lodhia v Twelve Management Company (Bromley-by-Bow) Limited & Ors 18 May 2026
  • Grzegorz Przybys, R (on the application of) v The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police 15 May 2026
  • Blackpool Borough Council v Langley and Ors (No.3) (Publication of Judgments) 14 May 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Secretary of State for the Home Department v OSB 21 May 2026
  • Blackpool Borough Council v Langley and Ors (No.3) (Publication of Judgments) 14 May 2026
  • SL v SM 12 May 2026
  • R v Matthew Dickens 8 May 2026
  • BPA v NXT 8 May 2026
  • EF v The London Borough of Hackney & Anor 5 May 2026
  • Bristol City Council v CC & Ors (Capacity Instruction of Experts Deprivation of Liberty) 30 April 2026
  • X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside), Re 22 April 2026
  • HPT, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 17 April 2026
  • R v David Wood 17 April 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Job advert. Burke Niazi, London - Mental health panel member and caseworker (listed until 14 August 2026).
  • Event. COPPA: The transition between Children and Adult services (Newcastle/online, 12 May 2026)
  • Job advert. Free Family Representation and Advocacy Project, London/hybrid - Court of Protection solicitor (deadline 31 May 2026).
  • Event. MHLA: Panel course (Leeds, 25-26 June 2026)
  • Case (Case management decision in anorexia case). Patricia's Father v Patricia [2025] EWCOP 29 (T3)
  • Case (Lifting of anorexia non-treatment order). Patricia's Father v Patricia [2025] EWCOP 30 (T3)
  • Case (Non-forcible treatment of anorexia). Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v FF [2025] EWCOP 26 (T3)
  • Case (Appeal against restriction order). R v Gordon [2025] EWCA Crim 1194
  • Case (Hybrid order vs hospital order). R v Turner [2025] EWCA Crim 1867
  • Case (Disposal when unfit to stand trial). R v Wood [2026] EWCA Crim 480

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