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Powers of Attorney Bill – what changes would it make to the LPA regime in England & Wales: walkthrough and amended version of MCA

Posted on 27 January 2023

In May 2022, the Ministry of Justice indicated in its response to the Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney consultation that it… Read more

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Book Review: Looking after Miss Alexander: Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England

Posted on 24 January 2023

Looking after Miss Alexander: Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England (Janet Weston, McGill-Queens University Press,… Read more

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Advance decisions to refuse treatment – presuming a presumption of capacity?

Posted on 20 January 2023 Updated on 21 January 2023

In NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB v JH [2023] EWCOP 3, Hayden J was asked to consider whether an advance decision… Read more

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Changes to P&A deputyship applications from 1 January 2023 – updated (and a festive puzzle)

Posted on 21 December 2022

As part of the move to a new notification process will become the standard process for all Property and Affairs… Read more

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Adults with impairments are not big children – a ringing refutation of a “regressive” assertion

Posted on 17 December 2022 Updated on 19 December 2022

Hayden J had the chance in Re RN [2022] EWCOP 53 to put comprehensively to bed a suggestion that it… Read more

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George Orwell and best interests – DoLS and public protection under the spotlight

Posted on 15 December 2022 Updated on 16 December 2022

In DY v A City Council & Anor [2022] EWCOP 51, Judd J has tackled head on the perennially difficult… Read more

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Changes to P&A deputyship applications from 1 January 2023

Posted on 14 December 2022

From January 2023, the new upfront notification process will become the standard process for all Property and Affairs deputyship applications,… Read more

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Judging Values project – final report now published

Posted on 13 December 2022 Updated on 13 December 2022

The final report of the Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law project has now been published.  Led by… Read more

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Powers of Attorney Bill – now published

Posted on 7 December 2022

In May 2022, the Ministry of Justice indicated in its response to the Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney consultation that… Read more

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LPS implementation – a hare running

Posted on 31 October 2022 Updated on 31 October 2022

In a rather spectacular coup, Community Care reported on 28 October 2022 that LPS implementation was due in October 2023,… Read more

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  • Withdrawing clinically inappropriate life-sustaining treatment – the latest Strasbourg word

    23 February 2026
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  • Assisted dying – the Isle of Man, the Ministry of Justice and fundamental human rights considerations

    18 February 2026
    In the context of the debates in Westminster around the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a letter published... …Read More »
  • When is a deprivation of liberty not a deprivation of liberty? The Mental Health Act 2025 and conditional discharge

    18 February 2026
    In 2018, in MM, the Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeal that neither the Secretary of the... …Read More »
  • Translating insight – in conversation with Professor Tony David

    17 February 2026
    In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Professor Tony David about his new paper, Insight, the law and psychiatry: Going... …Read More »
  • Parental responsibility and confinement – the need for appellate authority continues (and a Gillick conundrum) – updated

    16 February 2026
    [I have now updated this post to take account of another decision of Henke J’s handed down shortly after the East... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • EB, R (on the application of) v Director of Legal Aid Casework 25 February 2026
  • Eesa Mohammed v Adam Ali & Anor 24 February 2026
  • CGT, R (on the application of) v West Sussex County Council 13 February 2026
  • Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board v RW & Anor 12 February 2026
  • CA & Anor (Fact Finding and Welfare: Rib Fractures), Re 11 February 2026
  • DA (Whether to replace a Single Joint Expert), Re 10 February 2026
  • AB, Re 5 February 2026
  • R v Maria Kwiatkowska 4 February 2026
  • East Riding of Yorkshire Council v The Mother & Ors 2 February 2026
  • R v Mansoor Khan 29 January 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • CGT, R (on the application of) v West Sussex County Council 13 February 2026
  • MXV, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Home Department 10 February 2026
  • DB v Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust & Anor 5 February 2026
  • R v Maria Kwiatkowska 4 February 2026
  • East Riding of Yorkshire Council v The Mother & Ors 2 February 2026
  • AN v St Andrew’s Healthcare & Anor 26 January 2026
  • Helen Ginger & Ors v Robert Mickleburgh & Ors 23 January 2026
  • Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd and others 21 January 2026
  • Optosafe Limited & Anor v John Mark Robertson 5 January 2026
  • SJ v Cardiff & Vale University Health Board & Anor 22 December 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • T110. Form T110: Application to First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) (02.26)
  • Case (Slip rule). R (Richards) v SSHD [2026] EWHC 394 (Admin)
  • Event. MHLA: Legal updater (online, 12 March 2026)
  • Event. MHLA: How to do a mental health tribunal (London, 13 April 2026)
  • Event. MHLA: Legal updater (Birmingham, 13 May 2026)
  • Event. MHLA: Restricted Cases (Leeds, 11 June 2026)
  • Event. MHLA: Legal Aid supervision (Birmingham, 12 June 2026)
  • Event. MHLA: Advocacy, Risk and Cross-Examination Masterclass (Leeds, 2 July 2026)
  • Event. MHLA: Legal updater (London, 9 September 2026)
  • Event. MHLA: How to do a mental health tribunal (London, 7 October 2026)

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