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Category: Case comments


No more confining by ‘necessary implication’ – the Supreme Court returns CTOs to their original purpose

Posted on 17 December 2018

In Welsh Ministers v PJ [2018] UKSC 66, the Supreme Court has reversed the curious and controversial decision in PJ,… Read more

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The thinnest of legal ice – restricting contact and the MCA

Posted on 16 December 2018

SR v A Local Authority [2018] EWCOP 36 concerned a couple, who had had been married for 58 years, and were… 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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When not telling is in a person’s best interests

Posted on 15 December 2018 Updated on 15 December 2018

In the personal injury case of EXB v FDZ & Ors [2018] EHWC 3456 (QB), Foskett J had to grapple… Read more

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Cross-border protection and the CRPD

Posted on 14 December 2018

I spent three days last week at a meeting on the cross-border protection of vulnerable adults convened by the European… Read more

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Deprivation of liberty, restraint, and the CRPD: the view from the German Federal Constitutional Court

Posted on 4 December 2018 Updated on 4 December 2018

In what is about to be a big week for the Mental Health Act 1983, with the publication of the… Read more

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Iron logic, coercion and odd outcomes: the Supreme Court decision in MM

Posted on 28 November 2018

In Secretary of State for Justice v MM [2018] UKSC 60, the Supreme Court (Lord Hughes dissenting) has upheld the… Read more

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Supreme Court confirms that no need to go to court before treatment withdrawal where doctors and family agree

Posted on 30 July 2018

In Re Y [2018] UKSC 46, the Supreme Court has given the definitive answer to a question that has been… Read more

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Assisted dying judgment published

Posted on 27 June 2018 Updated on 27 June 2018

The Court of Appeal has rejected [2018] EWCA Civ 1431 the appeal by Noel Conway against the decision of the… Read more

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Wishes, feelings (and transparency)

Posted on 14 May 2018 Updated on 9 June 2018

The small body of appellate level jurisdiction on the MCA has been added to in Re RW [2018] EWCA Civ 1067, concerning… Read more

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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Lancashire County Council v BC & Anor (Capacity: Residence and Engagement in Sexual Relations) 15 April 2026
  • Plus Point Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 13 April 2026
  • Priti Patel v Nicholas O'Sullivan & Ors 2 April 2026
  • Maina Kumari Rai v Advantage Insurance Company Limited (t/a Hastings Insurance) 2 April 2026
  • Royal Free London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v RH & Anor 1 April 2026
  • AL v Secretary of State for the Home Department 31 March 2026
  • R v Richard Alexander Welsh 31 March 2026
  • Itoweh Susan Ugolor & Ors v Cameron Eseh Ugolor & Anor 27 March 2026
  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust v AS & Anor 24 March 2026
  • Nottinghamshire County Council v JW & Anor 19 March 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Lancashire County Council v BC & Anor (Capacity: Residence and Engagement in Sexual Relations) 15 April 2026
  • Plus Point Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 13 April 2026
  • Mohammed Ali v Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust 31 March 2026
  • Nicole Thomas v R 25 March 2026
  • BA (A Child) (DOLS In Hospital), Re 20 March 2026
  • Eagle Care Services Limited v Care Quality Commission 12 March 2026
  • BHO, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care & Anor 10 March 2026
  • XY, Re 6 March 2026
  • Shropshire Council v Mother & Ors 17 February 2026
  • CGT, R (on the application of) v West Sussex County Council 13 February 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (Ordinary residence of recalled restricted patient). R (WLT) v London Borough of Islington [2025] MHLO 19 (KB)
  • Case (Open justice). Re H (publication of decision) [2026] MHLO 1 (FTT)
  • Case (Inadequate reasons about statutory criteria). Re H (inadequate reasons) [2025] MHLO 18 (FTT)
  • Book update. Alex Ruck Keene et al, 'Court of Protection Handbook: Handbook updates' (1 April 2026)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 159, April 2026)
  • Case (Contact). Re PX [2025] EWCOP 58 (T2)
  • MHA 2025 amendments
  • Legislation. Mental Health Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2026
  • Job advert. HAB Law, Watford - Court of Protection lawyer (listed until 26 June 2026).
  • Race and detention. Fiona Hamilton, 'Is psychiatry's focus on race stats linked to Nottingham attacks?' (The Times, 19 March 2026)

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