The Independent Review of Learning Disability and Autism in Scotland’s mental health legislation has published two important reports to sit… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
Contingencies, capacity and Caesarean sections
In GSTT & SLAM v R [2020] EWCOP 4, Hayden J has come back to the extremely thorny question of what… Read more
Fluctuating capacity – another judicial take
In Cheshire West And Chester Council v PWK [2019] EWCOP 57, Sir Mark Hedley had to consider (in the context… Read more
Will, preferences and estrangement
In A Local Authority v PS & HS [2019] EWCOP 60, the court had to decide upon an 80 year-old… Read more
RPRs, attorneys, BIAs and legal aid
In The London Borough of Hillingdon v JV & Ors [2019] EWCOP 61, decided at the end of last year but… Read more
Book review: Family Experience of Brain Injury: Surviving, Coping and Adjusting
Family Experience of Brain Injury: Surviving, Coping and Adjusting (Jo Clark-Wilson and Mark Holloway, Routledge, 2019, paperback, ebook, c£19.99) This… Read more
Book review: Mental Health Homicide and Society: Understanding Health Care Governance
Book review: Mental Health Homicide and Society: Understanding Health Care Governance (David P Horton, Hart Publishing, 2019, hardback and ebook,… Read more
Excellent conference on sex and relationships for your diary
Shropshire Council is hosting a one day conference in Shrewsbury on sex, relationships, mental capacity and human rights on 2… Read more
Serious Medical Treatment – Practice Guidance
The Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J has published guidance on serious medical treatment applications in the Court… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report – December 2019
The December 2019 issue of the 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity report (the 100th*) is now out. (1) In the… Read more