The Government of Singapore has just (18 May) passed a Vulnerable Adults Act (the link here is to the Bill which I understand was passed without amendment). Whether or not your blood runs cold or hot at the thought of another jurisdiction putting in place a statutory framework, you may at a minimum care to […]
[The independent Review of the MHA has published its interim report today (1 May). Whilst it should be read in full, for those in a real hurry, I reproduce the executive summary below] This independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) was commissioned by the government in October 2017. Our terms of reference […]
As many will know, I spent a considerable part of 2017 seeking to persuade the Law Commission to take forward a project on vulnerable adults as part of their 13th programme of Law Reform. I was, ultimately, unsuccessful, although the material that was sent to me in response to various calls for help – for which […]
The JCHR has launched an inquiry into the Right to freedom and safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The Committee is issuing an open call for evidence from interested parties and would welcome written submissions (of no more than 1,500 words) by Friday 2 March on: Whether the Law Commission’s proposals for Liberty […]
The JCHR has launched an inquiry into the Right to freedom and safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The Committee is issuing an open call for evidence from interested parties and would welcome written submissions (of no more than 1,500 words) by Friday 2 March on: Whether the Law Commission’s proposals for Liberty […]
The Independent MHA Review surveys of service users and carers are now live, with a closing deadline of 28 February. Please share widely.
For those wanting some holiday reading, you may wish to have a look at my discussion paper looking at whether there may be room in which to revisit Cheshire West to capture (in a principled fashion) what appears to be an instinctive difference between: (a) the position of a person who is confined, cannot consent […]
Interim guidance has just (11 December) been published – jointly – by the British Medical Association, General Medical Council and Royal College of Physicians – in response to recent legal developments in relation to the way decisions concerning the withdrawal of Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration are made from patients in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) or minimally […]
The independent Mental Health Act Review is gathering pace. On its website are two key updates: A call for evidence: please see full details of the call for evidence online and if appropriate, please formally submit / ask your organisation to submit any evidence you possess which the Review should consider to MHActReviewEvidence@dh.gsi.gov.uk. A call for applicants for […]
Remember that 1 December sees the coming into force of the new look CoP Rules and accompanying Practice Directions. All of these can be found most easily on the Court of Protection Handbook website here, together with a handy destination table to show where the old Rules have gone. The changes and their background are […]
