Responding to the recent flurry of case-law about the use of the inherent jurisdiction in relation to adults, I, together with others on the 39 … Read More ›
Category: Miscellaneous
In a setback both for rights protection and for fusion enthusiasts, it has been announced that the deprivation of liberty provisions in the Mental Capacity … Read More ›
A practitioner-led nationwide pilot mediation scheme is being run from 1 October 2019, to evaluate the impact of mediation on Court of Protection proceedings. … Read More ›
The long-awaited (since October 2018) judgment of the Supreme Court in Re D is to be handed down at 11:00 am on 26 September 2019; … Read More ›
In a powerful and wide-ranging report published by the Children’s Commissioner on 16 May entitled “Who are they? Where are they?” the basis is examined … Read More ›
The Law Society have been in discussions with HMCTS regarding the issues related to the appointment process for ALRs, which has been far from smooth. In … Read More ›
With (curiously?) coincidental timing, given that the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill returns to the Commons tomorrow, 2 April, the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman … Read More ›
The Mental Capacity Report editorial team at 39 Essex Chambers have updated our guidance note on capacity assessment. For those not familiar with it, its … Read More ›
With a neat (if unplanned) symmetry, work that have been dominating my life has come to different forms of head in the past couple of … Read More ›
The British Medical Association and Royal College of Physicians have published today (12 December) guidance (endorsed, unusually but importantly, by the General Medical Council) on … Read More ›