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Category: Conferences


Final reminder: Deprivation of liberty safeguards – the future

Posted on 27 April 2017

A final reminder that there are a few places still available for the seminar that I am doing in Consett,… Read more

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Second Mental Capacity Action day outputs

Posted on 3 March 2017

Following the second Mental Capacity Action Day on Monday, I wanted to highlight three resources which were publicised at the event: 1…. Read more

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International Conference – The Advocate’s Gateway

Posted on 18 December 2016

The Advocate’s Gateway Second International Conference will take place on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd June 2017.   Called Access to Justice for… Read more

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Law (and the place of law) at the end of life: seminar 1 November

Posted on 7 October 2016

I will be speaking at this free seminar at the Royal College of Nursing on 1 November alongside Sir Mark… Read more

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World Guardianship Congress Report

Posted on 22 September 2016

The 4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship has just been held in Erkner, Germany, and I attended the first (international)… Read more

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Disability Rights UK – events to feed into shadow CPRD report

Posted on 8 September 2016

Disability Rights UK will be writing a shadow report for England and Wales – and for GB – to inform… Read more

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Financially Safe and Secure? Conference in Northern Ireland

Posted on 16 August 2016 Updated on 16 August 2016

Action on Elder Abuse (AEA) Northern Ireland is delivering its first national conference, supported by the Commissioner for Older People… Read more

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CoPPA London Seminar 13 July: Financial Abuse by Deputies and Attorneys

Posted on 29 June 2016

The Court of Protection Practitioners Association (London)’s next event will be on 13 July, and will be a seminar on… Read more

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Medical Mediation Training: 30 September

Posted on 27 June 2016

The completely brilliant charity the Medical Mediation Foundation is holding a training day on 30 September, run in conjunction with… Read more

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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Posted on 15 June 2016

Today (15 June) is the 10th World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and therefore the ideal opportunity to highlight Action on Elder Abuse.   The… Read more

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  • 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 »
  • SCIE sounds the alarm on MCA reform

    27 August 2025
    The Social Care Institute for Excellence is not normally an alarmist body, which makes its recent (26 August 2025) statement... …Read More »
  • “There are more things in heaven and earth that are dreamt of in the philosophy of NHS treatment” – a Court of Protection story

    14 August 2025
    The flipside of the intense focus on the wishes, feelings, beliefs and values of the person required by s.4 MCA... …Read More »
  • When does a Court of Protection order do more harm than good? Anorexia, the Court of Protection, and the ‘impossible burden’

    2 August 2025
    Patricia’s Father & Ors v Patricia & Ors [2025] EWCOP 30 (T3) is a challenging case at a number of... …Read More »
  • Gillick is not a universal test – an important clarification from the Court of Appeal

    30 July 2025
    For years, lawyers and clinicians have thrown around the term ‘Gillick competence’ as if it were a universal test to... …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

  • 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
  • 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
  • London Borough of X v Mrs Z & Anor 31 July 2025
  • St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MN 28 July 2025
  • G, Re (A Child) 28 July 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • 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)
  • Event. Court of Protection User Group: General meeting (online, 22 October 2025)
  • MHCS update. Ministry of Justice, 'Mental Health Casework Section stakeholder update' (July 2025)
  • Mental capacity law consultation. Law Commission, 'Mentally incapacitated adults and decision-making: A new jurisdiction' (Law Com No 128, 1993)
  • Mental capacity law consultation. Law Commission, 'Mentally Incapacitated Adults and Decision-Making: An Overview' (Law Com No 119, 1991)
  • Event. PELT: Introduction to the MHA, Code and Tribunals (online, 12 November 2025)
  • Event. PELT: Becoming an MHA Administrator - the Basics (online, 20 November 2025)
  • Event. PELT: Introduction to MCA and Deprivation of Liberty (online, 27 November 2025)

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