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Category: Mental Health


If you do not know you are doing wrong, can you sue for not being prevented from doing it? – the Supreme Court pronounces

Posted on 21 January 2026 Updated on 21 January 2026

The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal of three of the relevant public bodies in the Lewis-Ranwell case, concerning the effect… Read more

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Anorexia, the Mental Health Act and the Court of Protection – a clear route map for cases

Posted on 28 July 2025 Updated on 30 July 2025

In Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v FF & Anor [2025] EWCOP 26 (T3), McKendrick J made some… Read more

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The importance of complying (and showing you’ve complied with) the procedural protections of the Mental Health Act 1983

Posted on 20 June 2025

As Deputy Master Marzec put it at the start of her judgment in Appiah & Anor v Leeds City Council… Read more

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Compulsory mental health admission and treatment – the latest Strasbourg word

Posted on 10 June 2025 Updated on 11 June 2025

Spivak v Ukraine [2025] ECHR 136 is a very helpful and important reminder of the increasing focus that Strasbourg is… Read more

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Capacity, hospital discharge and possession orders – a checklist and a gap in the court’s powers?

Posted on 28 November 2024 Updated on 29 November 2024

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust v Mercer [2024] EWHC 2515 (KB) concerns the challenge of delayed discharge from hospital and, specifically,… Read more

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Property and affairs deputyship applications – the digital route will be mandatory for legal professionals from 2 December 2024

Posted on 22 November 2024 Updated on 1 December 2024

In a letter sent out on 18 November 2024 (but which had the wrong date, subsequently corrected), HMCTS has confirmed… Read more

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Discrimination and the dismissal of complaints by those with cognitive impairments – a strong statement from Strasbourg

Posted on 21 November 2024

The decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Clipea & Grosu v Moldova [2024] ECHR 867 is the… Read more

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Calibrating the definition of ill-treatment by reference to the victim: an important clarification from the Court of Appeal

Posted on 25 October 2024

Whorlton Hall hospital housed patients with longstanding learning disabilities and significant additional psychological and behavioural needs, who required specialist care…. Read more

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Outsourcing and the Human Rights Act 1998 – the consequences

Posted on 16 September 2024

Without straying into politics, Sammut v Next Steps Mental Healthcare Ltd [2024] EWHC 2265 (KB) is a case which demonstrates… Read more

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Codes, case-law, restraint and children

Posted on 27 August 2024 Updated on 1 September 2024

An NHS Trust v Mother & Ors [2024] EWHC 2207 (Fam) is a case which throws two issues into stark… Read more

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Recent Posts

  • Capacity: the court and the expert, and the ‘reasons burden

    15 June 2026
    In one of what is likely to be one of her last decisions as a Tier 3 judge (having very... …Read More »
  • Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – updated resources page

    15 June 2026
    On 14 June 2026, Lauren Roberts announced that she would use her position in the Private Members Ballot to re-introduce... …Read More »
  • AGNI – resources page, podcast and shedinar video

    10 June 2026
    I have started a resources page on the AGNI case, and will start to populate it as more guidance and... …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers June 2026 Mental Capacity Report – and AGNI

    5 June 2026
    The June 2026 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty... …Read More »
  • Supreme Court overrules Cheshire West

    2 June 2026
    In A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) 12 June 2026
  • Ryan Bailey v R 11 June 2026
  • Anthony Charles Fairweather v AG & Anor 8 June 2026
  • John Seneschall & Anor v Propiteer Limited & Ors 2 June 2026
  • A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 2 June 2026
  • Graham Burgess v Dominik Sikprski & Anor 22 May 2026
  • Uriah Woods v The State No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago) 22 May 2026
  • NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board v OQD & Anor 22 May 2026
  • Gardner (Deceased) (Court of Protection: Disclosure of Position Statements), Re 21 May 2026
  • Gary Alexander MacDougall v Lloyd Philip Thomas & Ors 21 May 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) 12 June 2026
  • Jay Jermaine Davis v R 12 June 2026
  • F, G and H (Return Home Under Supervision Order), Re 10 June 2026
  • A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 2 June 2026
  • Secretary of State for the Home Department v OSB 21 May 2026
  • Blackpool Borough Council v Langley and Ors (No.3) (Publication of Judgments) 14 May 2026
  • SL v SM 12 May 2026
  • R v Matthew Dickens 8 May 2026
  • BPA v NXT 8 May 2026
  • EF v The London Borough of Hackney & Anor 5 May 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • AGNI response. Belinda Schwehr, 'AGNI: Overview and Critical Analysis' (CASCAIDr, 8 June 2026)
  • AGNI guidance. DHSC, 'UK Supreme Court 2026 judgment on what constitutes a deprivation of liberty' (15 June 2026)
  • AGNI response. Lucy Series, 'There and back again' (The Small Places blog, 2 June 2026)
  • AGNI summary. Buckinghamshire Disability Service, 'The Supreme Court's decision about 'deprivation of liberty'' (6 June 2026)
  • AGNI summary. 39 Essex Chambers, 'AGNI Reference: Summary' (2 June 2026)
  • AGNI summary. Tim Spencer-Lane, 'The Supreme Court's reversal of the Cheshire West judgment explained' (Community Care, 3 June 2026)
  • AGNI response. Court of Protection, 'AGNI: Note for Re X judges' (Carolyn Hilder, 2 June 2026)
  • Response to AGNI decision. CQC, 'CQC statement on the Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty' (8 June 2026)
  • Response to AGNI decision. ADASS, 'ADASS responds to Supreme Court ruling on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards' (4 June 2026)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 161, June 2026)

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