A cross-post to the summary and comment on the extremely important Court of Appeal decision in Re MN handed down… Read more
The Court of Protection comes of age
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Mental Capacity Act Steering Group documents
With thanks to Niall Fry of DH, you can find here the system statement of ambition for the Mental Capacity… Read more
‘Baby Bournewood’?
In D (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty) [2015] EWHC 922 (Fam), Keehan J has considered the question of the application of… Read more
A new Journal – papers please (and access to a rich archive)
I’m delighted to announce that the International Journal of Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law is now open for business. … Read more
DOLS – £25m one-off funding assistance for LAs announced
The Minister for Care and Support, Norman Lamb MP, has today announced that the Department of Health will provide local… Read more
Informed consent: the Supreme Court and the patient as agent
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 is a judgment that is required reading for all medical professionals, because… Read more
COPR: what do the new rules actually do (and mean)?
In part because the Court of Protection Amendment Rules are written in typically impenetrable statutory instrument style, and in part… Read more
All change at the COP (Part 1)
A quick cross-post to the Court of Protection of Handbook site and the post there summarising the important changes to… Read more
New SCIE directory of MCA resources
In fulfilment of one of the Government’s commitments in response to the House of Lords’ Select Committee report on the MCA 2005,… Read more
Bostridge and nominal damages – Court of Appeal decision now out
The Court of Appeal has today – 10 February – dismissed the appeal in the case of Bostridge v Oxleas… Read more