You will, I’m sure, have seen the December Mental Capacity Report which came out last week: if not, you can… Read more
Pre-Christmas update – professional and personal
Category: Miscellaneous
39 Essex Chambers Guidance Note – Determining and Recording Best Interests – updated!
Having just updated our guidance note about assessing and recording capacity, we have now updated our guidance note on determining… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Guidance Notes: Carrying out and Recording Capacity Assessments and Relevant Information – updated!
Our guidance note has been updated to reflect the decision of the Supreme Court in JB, as well as other recent… Read more
Communication and participation in the Court of Protection – new training video
Researchers on the AHRC-funded project, Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law, based at the ICPR, Birkbeck School of… Read more
Court of Protection Quarterly Update – November 2021
The quarterly online update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available, covering key practice and procedure updates to… Read more
Court of Protection Handbook update – August 2021
A couple of days ahead of schedule, the quarterly online update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available, covering… Read more
Preparing for the cliff-edge of 18: webinar, mythbusting document and help with making applications for property and affairs deputyship
The National Mental Capacity Forum held a webinar on 15 June about preparing for the cliff-edge of 18. A recording… Read more
Mental Capacity Law and Policy turns seven – a trip through the archives
Searching for something on my website, I realised that it was 7 years ago this weekend (13/14 March 2014) that… Read more
Supporting people who have eating and drinking difficulties: new guidance from the Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians has published (10 March 2021) a guide to practical care and clinical assistance. Its particular… Read more
Legal ice and fast-moving situations
The concept of legal ice is one that I think that I may have borrowed from somewhere (and, if so,… Read more