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Category: Miscellaneous


End of life care: improving DNACPR conversations for everyone

Posted on 14 March 2024 Updated on 14 March 2024

An important (but depressingly familiar) report from the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has been published today, 14 March 2024.  The… Read more

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Updated guidance note on relevant information for different categories of decision

Posted on 4 March 2024

As the Court of Protection judges have been very busy over the past little while looking at different categories of… Read more

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10 years since Cheshire West, the House of Lords scrutinised the MCA 2005 in action, and this website started…

Posted on 2 March 2024

March 2024 contains three ten year anniversaries.   One is national – indeed international – significance; one is of national significance,… Read more

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Guest post – the risks of ReSPECT

Posted on 30 September 2023

[I am very pleased to be able to host here a guest post by Richard Charlton and Bharati Gidoomal, two… Read more

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Independent review of disagreements in the care of critically ill children – the report and recommendations

Posted on 18 September 2023

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has today, 18 September 2023, published the report of the review it was commissioned in… Read more

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“Proportional assessments,” remote assessments, the Care Act and the MCA – an update

Posted on 7 September 2023

I posted a few weeks ago about new guidance on carrying out proportionate assessments under the Care Act 2014 published… Read more

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“Proportional assessments,” remote assessments, the Care Act and the MCA

Posted on 10 August 2023 Updated on 7 September 2023

Chief social worker for adults Lyn Romeo and principal social workers have issued (8 August 2023) guidance on carrying out… Read more

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Court of Protection Handbook update August 2023

Posted on 7 August 2023

The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the Handbook website, including details of the new COP3… Read more

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Capacity, financial decision-making and young people: new toolkit

Posted on 9 June 2023

A toolkit has been published today (9 June 2023) by the Ministry of Justice as part of a commitment to… Read more

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Court of Protection Handbook update 1 May 2023

Posted on 1 May 2023

The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the Handbook website, including details of guidance… Read more

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    5 June 2026
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  • Supreme Court overrules Cheshire West

    2 June 2026
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  • Position statements, transparency and the Court of Protection

    21 May 2026
    The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal against the decision of Poole J in Re AB (Disclosure of Position... …Read More »
  • The contact constraints on the Court of Protection

    16 May 2026
    The issue of visiting in care homes is a distinctly hot topic at the time of writing (May 2026).  Linked,... …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers May Mental Capacity Report

    11 May 2026
    The May 2026 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • John Seneschall & Anor v Propiteer Limited & Ors 2 June 2026
  • A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 2 June 2026
  • Graham Burgess v Dominik Sikprski & Anor 22 May 2026
  • Uriah Woods v The State No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago) 22 May 2026
  • NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board v OQD & Anor 22 May 2026
  • Gardner (Deceased) (Court of Protection: Disclosure of Position Statements), Re 21 May 2026
  • Gary Alexander MacDougall v Lloyd Philip Thomas & Ors 21 May 2026
  • Madana Saibo Mohamed Hakeem v The Commissioners for HMRC 19 May 2026
  • BEA, R (on the application of) v Staffordshire County Council 18 May 2026
  • Amar Lodhia v Twelve Management Company (Bromley-by-Bow) Limited & Ors 18 May 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 2 June 2026
  • Secretary of State for the Home Department v OSB 21 May 2026
  • Blackpool Borough Council v Langley and Ors (No.3) (Publication of Judgments) 14 May 2026
  • SL v SM 12 May 2026
  • R v Matthew Dickens 8 May 2026
  • BPA v NXT 8 May 2026
  • EF v The London Borough of Hackney & Anor 5 May 2026
  • C (A Child) (Care Orders, Section 20 Accommodation, and Deprivation of Liberty), Re 5 May 2026
  • Bristol City Council v CC & Ors (Capacity Instruction of Experts Deprivation of Liberty) 30 April 2026
  • AA v Disclosure & Barring Service 23 April 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • AGNI response. Lucy Series, 'There and back again' (The Small Places blog, 2 June 2026)
  • AGNI summary. Buckinghamshire Disability Service, 'The Supreme Court's decision about 'deprivation of liberty'' (6 June 2026)
  • AGNI summary. 39 Essex Chambers, 'AGNI Reference: Summary' (2 June 2026)
  • AGNI summary. Tim Spencer-Lane, 'The Supreme Court's reversal of the Cheshire West judgment explained' (Community Care, 3 June 2026)
  • AGNI response. Court of Protection, 'AGNI: Note for Re X judges' (Carolyn Hilder, 2 June 2026)
  • Response to AGNI decision. CQC, 'CQC statement on the Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty' (8 June 2026)
  • Response to AGNI decision. ADASS, 'ADASS responds to Supreme Court ruling on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards' (4 June 2026)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 161, June 2026)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 160, May 2026)
  • Case (DOL definition). AGNI Reference (Cheshire West Revisited) [2026] UKSC 16

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