The fourth annual report by the Chair of the NMCF, Baroness Ilora Finlay, was published on 12 August. Had I… Read more
National Mental Capacity Forum – Chair’s report
Category: Miscellaneous
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
Advance care planning – the conversation (part 1)
The palliative care consultant Dr Mark Taubert and I have recorded a two-part conversation about the interaction between law and… Read more
Court of Protection Handbook Quarterly Update – May 2020
The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook (1 May 2020) is now online, available here. It builds on… Read more
Best interests – getting it right ‘webinar’
Following on from my video about capacity, I now turn to best interests. The slides are here. Boring but necessary… Read more
Capacity in the time of Coronavirus – article
An article written by me, “Capacity in the time of Coronavirus,” is now available in the International Journal of Law… Read more
DNACPR and Advance Care Planning – getting it right
I have recorded a short video (with slides) about DNAPCR and advance care planning, in the hopes that it will… Read more