Thank you to everyone who has commented in different ways that you have found my lockdown offerings from the shed… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
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
‘True’ best interests, advance decisions and the subjective approach
In Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26, Hayden J considered an application, initially made to him… Read more