In a fascinating judgment, B v D [2017] EWCOP 15, handed down on 5 September, Baker J had to consider… Read more
All life is an experiment – patient choice from the other side of capacity
Category: Case comments
MCA updates: (most) of the news that’s fit to print
Introduction It seems that my trip to New Zealand to work on my Wellcome Trust contested capacity assessment project (the… Read more
Law Commission consultation: Wills
The Law Commission has published today (13 July) a major consultation on the potential for reforms to the law… Read more
Treading carefully: best interests and religious practices
In Re IH (Observance of Muslim Practice) [2017] EWCOP 9, Cobb J had to decide two questions in relation to… Read more
Election Corner – guest post
[By way of a sneak preview of the next Mental Capacity Report to be published shortly, I reproduce here as… Read more
Call for papers: European Understandings of Advance Decision-making: an Interdisciplinary Conference
I reproduce here a call for abstracts from Samantha Halliday at the University of Leeds for what looks like a… Read more
Support Decision-Making in Practice – masterclass
I share here an invitation from the Essex Autonomy Project and Empowerment Matters for a two-day Masterclass with Cher Nicholson on… Read more
Best interests, available options, and case management before the Court of Protection – the Supreme Court pronounces
A cross-post to the post on the Court of Protection Handbook by Sophy Miles, Neil Allen and I on the… Read more
Deprivation of liberty in intensive care – the Court of Appeal decides
The Court of Appeal has this morning (26 January) handed down judgment in R(Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner… Read more
Anorexia: handing back control?
In Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Z [2016] EWCOP 50, Hayden J had to contemplate three options… Read more