My Chambers have launched a new and zippy version of our website. But don’t worry, all the content that you… Read more
New 39 Essex Chambers website, but same mental capacity resources!
Category: Miscellaneous
Sir James Munby
The sense of shock amongst lawyers and others concerned with the rights of children and those with impaired decision-making capacity… Read more
Unofficial update to MCA Codes updated
There are two Codes of Practice to the Mental Capacity Act 2005, one for the main body of the Act,… Read more
Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the human rights of children in the social care system
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has announced an inquiry into the human rights of children in the social care system. It will… Read more
Cross border mental capacity frameworks: new joint information note from the Law Societies of Scotland and England & Wales
In a coincidence of timing (both projects having been started and running independently, albeit with two common joint participants [fn]),… Read more
Sex, ageing, death and capacity – new books
[Shameless plug warning]. Three new books have landed on my desk in short order, in which chapters I have written… Read more
Equal Treatment Bench Book – new edition
A new (2024) edition of the Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB) has been published. As it notes in the preface: Treating… Read more
Mental Capacity & Homelessness – National Practitioner Survey 2024
[A message on behalf of this brilliant[1] project: Use of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with people experiencing multiple exclusion… Read more
End of life care: improving DNACPR conversations for everyone
An important (but depressingly familiar) report from the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has been published today, 14 March 2024. The… Read more
Updated guidance note on relevant information for different categories of decision
As the Court of Protection judges have been very busy over the past little while looking at different categories of… Read more