[In an extremely helpful, but depressing, report published on 22 June 2023, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory analysed applications received… Read more
The Department of Health and Social Care is consulting (with a closing date of 16 August 2023), seeking “views on… Read more
In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust & Anor v RL & Ors [2023] EWCOP 22 (a decision handed down in… Read more
The philosopher Hegel famously considered that progress was made by a thesis being advanced, to which an antithesis could be… Read more
Whilst we wait to learn what the next steps may be in relation to mental health reform in England &… Read more
It is now well established that there is significant unmet legal need for accessible legal information about common legal problems…. Read more
In a hopefully helpful contribution for those working with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, I have recorded a presentation… Read more
After a very protracted journey, including amendments introduced even before it had been implemented, Ireland’s Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015… Read more
In a veritable doorstop of a report published today, 25 April 2023, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics sets out its… Read more
As the Court of Protection Law Reports series has been discontinued by LexisNexis, the Court of Protection is losing a… Read more