In the latest ‘in conversation with’, Dr Lucy Stephenson and I discuss the Wellcome-funded PACT project to develop advance decision-making… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
The shedinar series – now all in one place (and a podcast)
Thank you to everyone who has commented in different ways that you have found my lockdown offerings from the shed… Read more
The Court of Appeal, decision-making capacity and sex: have we been getting it all wrong?
The Court of Appeal in A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735 has made clear that we have… Read more
Not all deprivations of liberty are equal: the limits of the state’s operational duty to protect the right to life
The Court of Appeal in R(Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde [2020] EWCA Civ 738 has held… Read more
The long and winding road to the great confinement – in conversation with Lucy Series
In this conversation, I ask Dr Lucy Series about her Wellcome funded research, and we discuss, in particular, the long… Read more
Autonomy Summer School – online and free!
The Essex Autonomy Project Summer School will now be going ahead online. Participation is now free, but places are limited,… Read more
Shedinar: the (dread) MHA/MCA interface
In this (possibly over)ambitious shedinar, updated in August 2023, I take on the interface between the Mental Health Act 1983… Read more
Parole Board hearings, participation and impaired decision-making capacity
In R(EG) v Parole Board & Ors [2020] EWHC 1457 (Admin), May J considered the requirements for effective participation in… Read more
Advance decisions and disability rights – in conversation with Gill Loomes-Quinn
The next shedinar is here (and, coincidentally, with very good timing in light of the decision in the case of Barnsley… Read more
Advance decisions to refuse treatment – getting it right
In light both of the increased focus on advance care planning and the recent case reinforcing the importance of compliance… Read more