Testamentary capacity – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Legislative developments, Testamentary capacity

Law Commission consultation: Wills

The Law Commission has published today (13 July) a major consultation on the potential for reforms to the law of wills in England and … Read More ›

Case comments, Testamentary capacity

Keeping it concrete – the Court of Appeal on testamentary capacity

Simon v Byford [2014] EWCA Civ 280 Summary This is the appeal from the decision of Nicholas Strauss QC that we covered last year in … Read More ›

Testamentary capacity

Is Banks v Goodfellow history?

Fischer v Diffley [2013] EWHC 4567 (Ch) Summary This Chancery Division case is of some interest because it is the first one of which I … Read More ›

Book Reviews: Domestic Abuse and Human Rights and A Practical Guide to Coercive Control for Legal Practitioners and Victims
October 25, 2020
Domestic Abuse and Human Rights (Jonathan Herring, Intersentia, 2020, c. £55) and A Practical Guide to Coercive Control for Legal …Read More »
Essex Autonomy Project research opportunities
October 19, 2020
The Essex Autonomy Project is currently accepting applications to fill two full-time, fixed-term post-doctoral research positions.: One is on the …Read More »
39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity October Report now out – and walkthrough
October 19, 2020
Welcome to the October 2020 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of …Read More »
When not to recognise a foreign order
October 17, 2020
In Re AB [2020] EWCOP 47, Senior Judge Hilder had to grapple with two difficult questions in the context of …Read More »
DHSC MCA/DoLS COVID-19 guidance updated and walk-through
October 16, 2020
The DHSC’s MCA/DoLS COVID-19 guidance was updated on 15 October, including, in particular, consideration of when face-to-face visits can taken …Read More »

DOLS case law summaries. Aasya Mughal and Steven Richards, 'Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - case law summary' (October 2020 edition, 22/10/20)
— This four-page document summarises selected domestic and European caselaw on deprivation of liberty.
Case (Condition removed from conditional discharge). Re E [2020] MHLO 52 (FTT)
— The tribunal added a condition to the written reasons which was not stated at the hearing: "Abide by the rules applicable to such accommodation in particular to sleep there every night and not to have overnight guests." There had been a clear error of law and the condition was removed: (a) the tribunal had […]
Case (Video tribunal hearing set aside). Re D [2020] MHLO 51 (FTT)
— (1) The decision in this case was set aside because it was not clear whether or not the patient had a reasonable opportunity to hear all the evidence that was given at the hearing: it was not possible to be sure that the patient had a fair hearing. (2) The patient's microphone had been […]
Event. Edge Training: Level 3 Safeguarding Adults (online, 1-2 Feb 2021)
—A single training course delivered in two sessions via live webinar. This Level 3 Safeguarding Adults webinar offers delegates the opportunity to explore the legal framework, which underpins safeguarding adults work, and to explore the key challenges that may arise in practice. It will guide the delegates through the safeguarding adults process and focus on […]
Case (Deprivation of liberty during conditional discharge). Birmingham City Council v SR [2019] EWCOP 28
— (1) Both patients supported but lacked capacity in relation to the proposed care plans, which involved deprivation of liberty concurrently with a conditional discharge, and those plans were in their best interests. (2) Obiter, the division in the MOJ's post-MM guidance (MCA DOL for incapacitous patients whose risk is to themselves, but MHA s17 […]

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