Welcome to the October 2020 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: updated DHSC MCA/DoLS … Read More ›
Category: COVID-19
[I am very pleased to be able to host here a guest post by Richard Charlton and Bharati Gidoomal, two very experienced Court of Protection … Read More ›
[This post has been superseded] The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 and set out a series of draconian measures that can be taken … Read More ›
The JCHR has today (21 September) published a detailed and extensive report into the human rights implications of the Government’s response to COVID-19, ahead of … Read More ›
Following (slightly oddly) the publication of the guidance as to the law, the relevant legislation has now been laid before Parliament to come into effect … Read More ›
Ahead of legislation to be introduced temporarily to amend the Wills Act 1837 to provide that the requirement for the ‘presence’ of those making and … Read More ›
NHSE-I published on 19 May updated guidance on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the use of the Mental Health Act (MHA) and … Read More ›
In VE v AO & Ors [2020] EWCOP 23, Lieven J was asked to determine whether it was in the best interests of a terminally … Read More ›
The Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Hayden J, has written to Directors of Adult Social Services (in a letter which can be shared more … Read More ›
A recorded session with Lorraine Currie, Chelle Farnan and I on remote assessments (under the umbrella of the National Mental Capacity Forum) is now available … Read More ›