Two Practice Notes have been published by the Official Solicitor, Sarah Castle, setting out important practicalities relating the appointment of… Read more
Official Solicitor Practice Notes
Category: Miscellaneous
Over and out for 2020
The recent flurry of case comments on my website has, I think, caught me up with the most important recent… Read more
Court of Protection Handbook quarterly update – November 2020
The quarterly online update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available, covering such cases as DP v Hillingdon… Read more
Deliberative democracy and scarce NHS resources
A project that I worked on over the summer involving Kings College London and Ipsos MORI has just published its… Read more
The ‘frozen’ attorney – what to do where an attorney cannot decide?
In the course of recent work (including in the context of the revision to the MCA Code of Practice) an… Read more
National Mental Capacity Forum – Chair’s report
The fourth annual report by the Chair of the NMCF, Baroness Ilora Finlay, was published on 12 August. Had I… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Capacity Guide updated
The 39 Essex Chambers Guide to carrying out and recording capacity assessments has been updated, in particular to add a… Read more
Capacity and suicide
[Warning: this post contains a legal analysis of the question whether a person can be said to have capacity to… Read more
Organ donation in England – deemed consent and mental capacity
A reminder that the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 comes fully into force in England today, 20 May. The… Read more
Deprivation of liberty – getting it right shedinar
I have had some thoughts about how to get deprivation of liberty right – how to identify one, and what… Read more