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Category: Attorneys


Attorneys, failures to consult and consequences

Posted on 14 February 2026

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board v RW & Anor [2026] EWCOP 10 (T3) provides a snapshot of the realities… Read more

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LPAs – the duties on the certificate provider

Posted on 3 February 2024

In a case from December 2023 which arrived on Bailii too late for the February 2024 Mental Capacity Report, Lieven… Read more

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Attorneys, neglect and the shortcomings of s.44 MCA

Posted on 15 December 2018 Updated on 15 December 2018

In Kurtz v R [2018] EWCA Crim 2743, the Court of Appeal had to grapple again with the problematic wording of… Read more

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Foreign powers of attorney – an unfortunate judicial wrong turn

Posted on 26 March 2018 Updated on 29 March 2018

[post updated on 29 March with more detail as to the operation of ‘foreign’ powers of attorney] Re JMK [2018]… Read more

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Book Review: Cretney and Lush on Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (7th Edition)

Posted on 30 May 2014

Cretney and Lush on Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (7th Edition): Senior Judge Denzil Lush (Jordans, 2014, £67.50) This work… Read more

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OPG investigations vs police investigations

Posted on 3 March 2014 Updated on 4 March 2014

Re DP (Revocation of Lasting Power of Attorney)   CoP Case No: 12351387   (Senior Judge Lush) Summary This is the first… Read more

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Recent Posts

  • Article 8 protections after AGNI

    10 October 2026
    In Re PK & MK (Article 8 protections) [2026] EWCOP 52 (T2), HHJ Burrows picked up and developed a theme... …Read More »
  • Deciding deprivation of liberty in an “efficient, and relatively speedy” way

    3 October 2026
    Just as his decision in Re AR (Whether restrictions amount to a deprivation of liberty) [2026] EWCOP 45 (T2) arrived... …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers October Mental Capacity Reports

    2 October 2026
    The October 2026 Mental Capacity Reports are now out.  Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation... …Read More »
  • Capacity, presumptions and doubts – the Court of Appeal clarifies

    15 September 2026
    In TDB v London Borough of Haringey [2026] EWCA Civ 1168, the Court of Appeal has clarified the role that... …Read More »
  • Capacity, the ‘support principle’ and assisted dying – the case of learning disability

    10 September 2026
    One of the consequences of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill cross-referring directly to the Mental Capacity Act... …Read More »

RSS feed: National Archives Mental Capacity cases National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • T McManus v British Airways Plc 9 October 2026
  • PK & MK (Article 8 Protections), Re 8 October 2026
  • AR & Ors, Re 30 September 2026
  • D & Anor v K (Illegal Chinese Commercial Surrogacy) 29 September 2026
  • Carecall Limited v Karen Giles (VO) 29 September 2026
  • Rosemary Anne Davina Elliott v Vanessa Anne Bateson & Anor 23 September 2026
  • Carter-Ruck Solicitors & Anor v Solicitors Regulation Authority 21 September 2026
  • TDB, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Haringey 15 September 2026
  • Various Applications in respect of ‘Direct Payments’, Re 10 September 2026
  • KDS v EUI Limited 9 September 2026

RSS feed: National Archives Mental Health Act cases National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • YZ v The Secretary of State for the Home Department 24 September 2026
  • Fiona Hodge & Ors v R 16 September 2026
  • Darren Osment v R 15 September 2026
  • E (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order: Public Law Proceedings), Re 10 September 2026
  • DOL, R (on the application of) v Southampton City Council 28 August 2026
  • R v Ellis Coulson 21 August 2026
  • T (A Child: Traumatic Injuries), Re 18 August 2026
  • Yaa Foriwaa Appiah & Anor v Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 12 August 2026
  • Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust v CG (by their litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) & Anor 7 August 2026
  • Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council v AD 5 August 2026

RSS feed: Mental Health Law Online updates Mental Health Law Online updates

  • MHA. Richard Jones, Mental Health Act Manual (29th edn, Sweet and Maxwell 2026)
  • AGNI guidance. DHSC, 'UK Supreme Court 2026 judgment on what constitutes a deprivation of liberty' (updated, 22 September 2026)
  • Case (Open justice). Re I (publication of decision) [2026] MHLO 2 (FTT)
  • Case (Inadequate reasons about statutory criteria). Re I (inadequate reasons) [2025] MHLO 20 (FTT)
  • Welsh Measure Code. Welsh Government, 'Code of Practice to Parts 2 and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010' (2012)
  • English/Welsh differences. Law Society, 'Practice note: Differences in English and Welsh law' (10 September 2026)
  • Case (Aftercare complaint). London Borough of Islington (LGSCO, 25 019 236)
  • Case (Delay to discharge). Lancashire County Council (LGSCO, 24 022 487)
  • Case (Service charge wrongly charged under s117). London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LGSCO, 25 027 355)
  • COP/inherent jurisdiction book. Oliver Lewis, Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults (Bloomsbury 2026)

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