With thanks to Niall Fry of DH, you will find here the PDF of the MCA rights cards that DH has produced… Read more
Your MCA rights on (almost) one page
Category: Case comments
The Court of Protection comes of age
A cross-post to the summary and comment on the extremely important Court of Appeal decision in Re MN handed down… Read more
Mental Capacity Act Steering Group documents
With thanks to Niall Fry of DH, you can find here the system statement of ambition for the Mental Capacity… Read more
‘Baby Bournewood’?
In D (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty) [2015] EWHC 922 (Fam), Keehan J has considered the question of the application of… Read more
A new Journal – papers please (and access to a rich archive)
I’m delighted to announce that the International Journal of Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law is now open for business. … Read more
Informed consent: the Supreme Court and the patient as agent
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 is a judgment that is required reading for all medical professionals, because… Read more
New SCIE directory of MCA resources
In fulfilment of one of the Government’s commitments in response to the House of Lords’ Select Committee report on the MCA 2005,… Read more
Bostridge and nominal damages – Court of Appeal decision now out
The Court of Appeal has today – 10 February – dismissed the appeal in the case of Bostridge v Oxleas… Read more
Breaking news: Rochdale appeal allowed by consent
In what may count as a rare bit of good news in the battle for clarity as to exactly what… Read more
CQC DOLS report for 2013-4 published
The CQC published on 26 January its fifth annual report on the use of the DOLS regime, covering the period 2013-4. … Read more