In The Health Service Executive of Ireland v IM & Anor [2020] EWCOP 51, Knowles J has given a helpful… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
Reporting upon capacity for the court (and more broadly) – what (not) to do
The decision in AMDC v AG & Anor [2020] EWCOP 58 serves as an important reminder of how demanding the… Read more
In conversation with the editors of Law and Ethics in Intensive Care (2nd edition)
This “in conversation with” is, in part, shameless self-promotion, to mark the publication of the second edition of Law and… Read more
For how long does a Court of Protection judgment remain binding?
In An NHS Trust v AF & Anor [2020] EWCOP 55, Poole J has answered an important question that has… Read more
LPS update – goodbye care home managers (and hello some ideas about draft regulations)
In the minutes of the LPS Steering Group meeting held on 13 October 2020, published as part of the new… Read more
A critical friend perspective on the MCA – and the consequences of standing in the shoes of P: in conversation with Scott Kim
In this “in conversation with” the psychiatrist and bioethicist Dr Scott Kim, Scott gives a ‘critical friend’ perspective from the… Read more
Metacognition, insight and mental capacity
In this “in conversation with” Dr Steve Fleming, a cognitive neuroscientist and psychologist, we dig into the concept of metacognition… Read more
Court of Protection Handbook quarterly update – November 2020
The quarterly online update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available, covering such cases as DP v Hillingdon… Read more
Deliberative democracy and scarce NHS resources
A project that I worked on over the summer involving Kings College London and Ipsos MORI has just published its… Read more
The inherent jurisdiction, deprivation of liberty and out of hours applications
In Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 1377 , the Court of Appeal almost,… Read more