Following the consultation on increasing selected court fees and Help with Fees income thresholds by inflation, the Government response to… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
The Court of Protection and “the most complex Covid patient in the world”
The Court of Protection braced itself when COVID-19 hit for decisions to be placed before it about the withdrawal of… Read more
Mental capacity, the internet, and when is it better to be honest about the limits of support?
In a short judgment delivered in April 2020, but only appearing on Bailii in late August 2021, HHJ Mark Rogers… Read more
Capacity and the limits of decision-specificity
In Liverpool City Council v CMW [2021] EWCOP 50, Sir Mark Hedley had to consider whether a woman, CMW, who had… Read more
DHSC Emergency MCA/DOLS guidance withdrawn
With effect from 10 August 2021, the DHSC’s emergency guidance on the MCA and DOLS has been withdrawn. Whilst… Read more
The Supreme Court grits its teeth – the inherent jurisdiction, deprivation of liberty and children
How should the courts respond to the shortage of provision for children and young people whose needs are such that… Read more
Court of Protection Handbook update – August 2021
A couple of days ahead of schedule, the quarterly online update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available, covering… Read more
MCA update – all the capacity news that’s fit to print for July 2021
For a number of reasons, not least the small matter of the Supreme Court’s expedition of the appeal in JB,… Read more
Accessible information and practicable steps to support decision-making – in conversation with Rosie Harding
In this ‘in conversation’ with Professor Rosie Harding, we discuss accessible information and how making information accessible constitutes a practicable… Read more
Excellent research post opportunity – Senior Research Associate in Healthcare Law at Bristol University
The University of Bristol is looking for a Senior Research Associate in Healthcare Law will be based in the Centre… Read more