The Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at Ruhr University, Bochum are holding an International Spring School on… Read more
Author: Alex RK
Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website www.mclap.org.uk
Guidance on CANH decision-making published by BMA and RCP
The British Medical Association and Royal College of Physicians have published today (12 December) guidance (endorsed, unusually but importantly, by… Read more
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill finishes Lords stages
The Bill today (11 December) finished its final stage in the Lords, with the Commons yet to come. With thanks… Read more
Mental Health Act Review – summaries and commentaries
A consequence of the fact that the MHA Review report had to be brought forward ahead of the Brexit vote… Read more
Mental Health Act Review report published – headlines
The independent Review of the Mental Health Act conducted by Sir Simon Wessely has today, 6 December, published its report,… Read more
Deprivation of liberty, restraint, and the CRPD: the view from the German Federal Constitutional Court
In what is about to be a big week for the Mental Health Act 1983, with the publication of the… Read more
Taking capacity seriously: ten years of capacity disputes before the Court of Protection
One of the first fruits of the Wellcome-funded Mental Health and Justice project has just been published in the International… Read more
Current version of Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill and Third Reading
The Bill as amended at Report stage is here, and the last stage before it goes to the Commons, Third… Read more
Iron logic, coercion and odd outcomes: the Supreme Court decision in MM
In Secretary of State for Justice v MM [2018] UKSC 60, the Supreme Court (Lord Hughes dissenting) has upheld the… Read more
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – second and final day of Report stage
With thanks, again, to Tim Spencer-Lane for his summary, the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill today (27 November) completed report stage… Read more