The Mental Capacity Report editorial team at 39 Essex Chambers have updated our guidance note on capacity assessment. For those… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Assessment Guide updated
Category: Miscellaneous
5 reflections on law reform (and over and out for now)
With a neat (if unplanned) symmetry, work that have been dominating my life has come to different forms of head… Read more
Guidance on CANH decision-making published by BMA and RCP
The British Medical Association and Royal College of Physicians have published today (12 December) guidance (endorsed, unusually but importantly, by… Read more
GMC consent guidance consultation
The GMC is consulting on revised consent guidance, which outlines what doctors should consider when discussing treatment and care with patients. According to… Read more
New guidance for anaesthetists (and others) about Jehovah’s Witnesses and patients who refuse blood
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland have just (1 October) published guidance on anaesthesia and peri-operative care… Read more
Why does the law resist? Thoughts on Art. 12 CRPD
[I am delighted to host here a guest post by Walter Boente (walter.boente@unil.ch), Centre of Comparative, European and International Law,… Read more
Court of Protection mediation scheme proposal – help wanted
A dedicated multi-disciplinary group are working up a proposal for Court of Protection mediation scheme, and would very much welcome… Read more
Discussion paper: Deprivation of Liberty, Cheshire West and the CRPD:
For those wanting some holiday reading, you may wish to have a look at my discussion paper looking at whether… Read more
Happy birthday, Mental Capacity Act!
The MCA 2005 came fully into force 10 years ago today, on 1 October 2007. Entirely understandably given the day of… Read more
Welfare cases in the Court of Protection: the real story
Once again we are all indebted to Cardiff Law School for further research about the use of the Court of… Read more