Following a commitment given in the Queen’s Speech in May 2022, a draft Mental Health Bill has been brought forward… Read more
Draft Mental Health Bill now published
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Making Values Matter in the Court of Protection – new film
Following a previous training film about communication and participation for Court of Protection lawyers, a project team including researchers based… Read more
A “just” approach to uncertainty in mental health and capacity practice and policy – a King’s Policy Institute briefing report
As part of the Wellcome-funded Mental Health and Justice Project, the King’s Policy Institute held a Policy Lab in November… Read more
The World Congress on Adult Capacity: a dispatch
For the first time since the before-times, I found myself in mid-June 2022 heading on a train to, to an… Read more
Lasting Powers of Attorney reform in England & Wales – a Private Members’ Bill, but is this “when Parliamentary time allows?”
An intriguing announcement today (15 June 2022) raises the possibility that there may be movement to amend the MCA 2005… Read more
Advance choices and medical decision-making in intensive care settings – Scottish proposals for legislative change
The Law Society of Scotland has published on 19 May 2022 a detailed report considering and addressing current deficiencies in Scots… Read more
Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney: Government Response
The Ministry of Justice’s consultation paper on ‘Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney’ (in England & Wales) was published on 20… Read more
Inequitable access to transplants – adults with impaired decision-making capacity
In a slightly odd coincidence of timing, given the recent decision in the case of William Verden, an article that… Read more
Scottish Mental Health Law Review consultation
For those in Scotland (or those elsewhere wanting to see some fascinating and challenging law reform proposals in the field… Read more
The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law Moving Beyond Binaries (Beverley Clough, Routledge, 2021)
The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law Moving Beyond Binaries (Beverley Clough, Routledge, 2021, Hardback £120/ebook £33.29) [A version of this… Read more