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Electronic forms are coming for Part 2 MHA (mostly)

Posted on 4 October 2020

The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, laid before Parliament on 1 October 2020, and coming… Read more

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Deputies, fixed costs, detailed assessment and net assets

Posted on 3 October 2020

In Penntrust Ltd v West Berkshire District Council & Anor [2020] EWCOP 48, HHJ Hilder has returned to the vexed… Read more

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Discharging obligations to P and the court – a salutary tale

Posted on 2 October 2020

In ND (Court of Protection: Costs and Declarations) [2020] EWCOP 42, the Court of Protection has alighted upon procedural failings… Read more

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Professional deputies, hourly rates, and the realities of 2020

Posted on 2 October 2020 Updated on 7 October 2020

In a judgment handed down on 30 September 2020, PLK & Ors (Court of Protection : Costs) [2020] EWHC B28, Master Whalan… Read more

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Contempt, court orders and P’s confidentiality

Posted on 2 October 2020 Updated on 6 October 2020

In a very unusual case, P v Griffith [2020] EWCOP 46, the Court of Protection has sentenced a woman, a… Read more

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Section 21A, interim declarations and an ALR in action

Posted on 1 October 2020 Updated on 3 October 2020

In DP v LB Hillingdon [2020] EWCOP 45, Hayden J has clarified what the court is to do on an… Read more

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Continuous supervision and control – a further judicial take on deprivation of liberty

Posted on 5 September 2020 Updated on 5 September 2020

There have been very few cases concerning the meaning of deprivation of liberty in the context of adults since the… Read more

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International Principles and Guidelines on access to justice for persons with disabilities

Posted on 1 September 2020

The three UN bodies that deal with disability rights have teamed up to issue the first-ever guidelines to help countries… Read more

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Making ordinary decisions in extraordinary times – new article in BMJ

Posted on 26 August 2020

An article I have co-written reflecting on the first wave of the pandemic from the perspective of a Covid-19 ethics… Read more

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Determining capacity with one (judicial) hand tied behind your back

Posted on 10 August 2020

In King v The Wright Roofing Company Ltd [2020] EWHC 2129 (QB), a personal injury case, Kerr J had to decide… Read more

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  • Court of Protection Handbook 5th edition – and updated website

    19 September 2025
    The new (2025, 5th) edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now available, and accompanying website has been updated... …Read More »
  • The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is not good law – a briefing on the problems and how to fix them

    17 September 2025
    As some may know, I am a member of the Complex Life and Death Decisions Group (CLADD).  CLADD is a... …Read More »
  • Disabled Children’s Social Care – Law Commission final report now published

    16 September 2025
    [The Law Commission’s Disabled Children’s Social Care project – on which I was a consultant – has published its final... …Read More »
  • Law Commission 14th programme of law reform – and a vulnerable adults project on the horizon?

    14 September 2025
    The Law Commission of England & Wales published its 14th programme of law reform on 4 September – i.e. its... …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report September 2025 (and walkthrough)

    3 September 2025
    The September 2025 Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Lioubov Macpherson v Sunderland City Council 9 September 2025
  • BRO, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 26 August 2025
  • W, Re: Capacity to Engage in Sexual Relations & Marry 26 August 2025
  • The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v YD & Others (Refusal of Withdrawal of Treatment) 12 August 2025
  • London Borough of X v Mrs Z & Anor 31 July 2025
  • TLA v Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust 29 July 2025
  • G, Re (A Child) 28 July 2025
  • St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MN 28 July 2025
  • DP v The London Borough of Lambeth 25 July 2025
  • D1914 & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 21 July 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • West Berkshire Council v Mother & Ors 16 September 2025
  • Arion Kurtaj v R 11 September 2025
  • ER v NT (Need for fact finding hearing) 27 August 2025
  • BRO, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 26 August 2025
  • Noel Anthony Clarke v Guardian News and Media Limited 22 August 2025
  • Fatheya Ali, R (on the application of) v HM Assistant Coroner for Inner North London 12 August 2025
  • Colin Anditon, R (on the application of) v Parole Board for England and Wales 8 August 2025
  • SA v The Secretary of State for the Home Department 1 August 2025
  • Patricia's Father & Ors v Patricia (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) & Ors 31 July 2025
  • Gwladys Fertré v Vale of White Horse District Council 31 July 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Event. MHLA: 26th Annual Conference (London, 14 November 2025)
  • Case (Financial complaint). Norfolk County Council (24 008 908) [2025] MHLO 16 (LGSCO)
  • Case (Sex and marriage). Re W (Capacity to engage in sexual relations and marry) [2025] EWCOP 32 (T2)
  • Case (Contempt appeal). Macpherson v Sunderland City Council [2025] EWCA Civ 1159
  • Case (Capacity and contempt). Macpherson v Sunderland City Council [2025] EWCOP 18 (T3)
  • Event. MHLA: Panel course (online, 3-4 November 2025)
  • Job advert. Campbell Law Solicitors, Milton Keynes - COP/mental capacity lawyer (deadline 17 November 2025).
  • Case (Committal proceedings). Torbay Council v Bench [2023] EWCOP 75 (T2)
  • COPUG minutes. COP User Group, 'Meeting (P and A): Minutes and action points' (9 July 2025)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 153, September 2005)

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