The excellent VOICES project at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the NUI Galway is a really important project in… Read more
Storytellers wanted for VOICES project
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Increasing Understanding and Uptake of Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment in Wales – report published
A report has just been published by the Public Policy Institute for Wales for the Welsh Minister for Health and… Read more
Transparency Order Explained
My admirable Chambers colleague Tor Butler-Cole has prepared an unofficial annotated version of the Transparency Pilot order to assist explaining… Read more
One stage closer – the NI Bill (mostly) survives Committee scrutiny
At its meeting on 25 January 2016, the Ad Hoc Joint Committee to Consider the Mental Capacity Bill agreed to… Read more
A parent cannot consent to the deprivation of liberty of their 16 or 17 year old child
In Birmingham City Council v D [2016] EWCOP 8, the sequel to a case discussed here, Keehan J has held: “however close… Read more
Transparency – it’s all go
The Transparency Pilot that we have covered previously is now finalised and will be starting on 29 January (NB, this… Read more
So that was 2015 – a mini-review of the year
I think that it can properly be said that 2015 was the year that the MCA, if it did not… Read more
‘Safeguarding Adults and Legal Literacy’: new seminar series investigating the impact of the Care Act
I am very pleased to announce an ESRC funded project with which I am involved – the Safeguarding Adults and… Read more
December Newsletters now not only out but accessible
Apologies – a technical glitch earlier meant readers could not access the newsletters; this has now been resolved. I… Read more
St George’s and the powers of the court
Newton J has very recently authorised the publication of the order he made in St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust v… Read more