North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v KAG & Ors [2024] EWCOP 38 (T3) is a case… Read more
A judicial reminder of the hard edges of the treatment regime under the MHA 1983
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Mental Health and Justice – project website reborn
Mental Health & Justice was a Wellcome Trust-funded multi-disciplinary research initiative, running between 2017-2023, addressing a cluster of public policy… Read more
Right Care, Right Person before the courts
It is perhaps slightly surprising that Right Care, Right Person should make its first reported appearance in case-law in the… Read more
Rethinking the UK’s approach to dying: lessons from an end-of-life helpline
The charity Compassion in Dying has published a comprehensive and powerful report based on analysis of calls and emails received… Read more
Triage, COVID-19 and decision-making – a perspective from the courts
Perhaps prompted by the publication of the first report of the COVID-19 inquiry today (on the resilience and preparedness of… Read more
Following through a decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment: a new dilemma for the Court of Protection
In NHS NW London ICB [2024] EWCOP 35, the Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Theis J, gave a careful… Read more
What’s in name? Competence and capacity (and is it enough for a child)?
In Re BC (Child in Care: Change of Forename and Surname) [2024] EWHC 1639 (Fam), Poole J approved a request… Read more
Mental capacity, mental health and assisted dying – for the Government in-tray
For those wanting to get themselves up to speed in new posts, a few resources: On deprivation of liberty –… Read more
Local authorities, care orders and consent to confinement – another striking decision from Lieven J
[update – the appeal against this decision was allowed by the Court of Appeal in February 2025. Judgment is awaited,… Read more
Decision-making capacity and mental health law – the Norwegian experience: in conversation with Jacob Jorem
In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Jacob Jorem, a Norwegian psychiatrist, lawyer and researcher, about the Norwegian experience… Read more