For several days, the case of Archie Battersbee has been a lead story in the media in England & Wales. … Read more
Warning: further shameless self-promotion. The 5th edition of the Assessment of Mental Capacity: A Practical Guide for Doctors and Lawyers… Read more
In this video, recorded on 12 July 2022, I give an overview of how the LPS is relevant for care… Read more
Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law (4th edition) (Edited by Christopher Johnston QC and Sophia Roper QC (Bloomsbury Professional, 2012, paperback… Read more
As part of the Wellcome-funded Mental Health and Justice Project, the King’s Policy Institute held a Policy Lab in November… Read more
For the first time since the before-times, I found myself in mid-June 2022 heading on a train to, to an… Read more
The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law Moving Beyond Binaries (Beverley Clough, Routledge, 2021, Hardback £120/ebook £33.29) [A version of this… Read more
The Court of Appeal has made some very important observations about the role of judicial visits in Court of Protection… Read more
Re ZK (No 2) [2021] EWCOP 61 is the sequel to one reported upon earlier here, and contains some important observations… Read more
The Supreme Court has for the first time looked in detail at what it means to have or lack capacity… Read more