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Updated (and one new) ‘fundamentals’ videos on key MCA matters

Posted on 12 December 2025

Before I disappear from the shed for a few weeks, I’ve taken the opportunity to redo the capacity, best interests… Read more

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Mental capacity matters podcast now on Spotify

Posted on 2 December 2025 Updated on 2 December 2025

For those of you who like multi-tasking in the mental capacity and mental health zone, my shedinar series is now… Read more

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Children in complex situations at risk of deprivation of liberty – in conversation with Dr Susannah Bowyer

Posted on 25 November 2025

In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Dr Susannah Bowyer, Deputy Director at Research in Practice, about the recent… Read more

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50 years in mental health and capacity law – in conversation with Peter Edwards

Posted on 19 November 2025 Updated on 19 November 2025

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Peter Edwards, a solicitor who has just passed his 50 year mark… Read more

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Is mental capacity law law? In conversation with Professor John Coggon

Posted on 7 November 2025 Updated on 7 November 2025

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Professor John Coggon about his – deliberately! – provocative new paper Is… Read more

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The CRPD, the state and civil society – in conversation with Professor Peter Bartlett

Posted on 25 September 2025 Updated on 25 September 2025

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Professor Peter Bartlett about his article “Beyond the liberal subject: challenges in… Read more

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Reflections on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill podcast (x2)

Posted on 9 May 2025 Updated on 9 May 2025

With thanks to Rosalind English of the 1 Crown Office Row Law Pod UK podcast for having me on, two… Read more

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Capacity assessment and conversation analysis – in discussion with Jess Foulkes, Suzanne Beeke and Anna Volkmer

Posted on 15 March 2025 Updated on 15 March 2025

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Jess Foulkes, Dr Suzanne Beeke and Dr Anna Volkmer about their paper… Read more

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39 Essex Chambers March 2025 Mental Capacity Report and walkthrough

Posted on 5 March 2025

The March 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out,  Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of… Read more

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Mental health, capacity and children – in discussion with Anne-Maree Farrell and Patrick Hann

Posted on 24 February 2025

In this ‘in discussion with,’ I talk to Professor Anne-Maree Farell and Dr Patrick Hann, two of the co-authors of… Read more

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Recent Posts

  • The UK National Preventive Mechanism 2024-25 Annual Report

    12 December 2025
    The UK National Preventive Mechanism is made up of 21 organisations, which independently monitor different settings of detention across the... …Read More »
  • Updated (and one new) ‘fundamentals’ videos on key MCA matters

    12 December 2025
    Before I disappear from the shed for a few weeks, I’ve taken the opportunity to redo the capacity, best interests... …Read More »
  • 39 Essex Chambers December 2025 Mental Capacity Report now out – and walkthrough

    9 December 2025
    Welcome to the December 2025 Mental Capacity Report.  Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of... …Read More »
  • Capacity to marry – the English perspective (and is it the last word?)

    7 December 2025
    Hot on the heels of the first Irish case to consider capacity to marry under their new regime, by pure... …Read More »
  • Mental health conditions, cancer investigation and capacity – the challenges of achieving parity

    6 December 2025
    Powys Teaching Health Board & Anor v NT & Anor [2025] EWCOP 44 (T3), bluntly, illustrates why those with mental health... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • London Borough of Lewisham v SL & Anor 19 December 2025
  • Priti Patel v Nicholas O'Sullivan & Ors 19 December 2025
  • Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust v EF & Ors 19 December 2025
  • SW v Nottingham City Council & Anor 19 December 2025
  • White and Sterling Residential Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 17 December 2025
  • Nicola Anne Lowe v Lucy Daniells 17 December 2025
  • The Nursing and Midwifery Council v Ishaq Ibrahim 15 December 2025
  • King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v LE (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) (Serious Medical Treatment) 11 December 2025
  • LM v NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board 9 December 2025
  • Liverpool City Council v VT & Ors 5 December 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust v EF & Ors 19 December 2025
  • Jamie Jenkins v R 18 December 2025
  • White and Sterling Residential Care Limited v Care Quality Commission 17 December 2025
  • ABW, R (on the application of) v Secretary Of State for the Home Department 17 December 2025
  • Angus Cameron v Secretary of State for Justice & Anor 4 December 2025
  • Powys Teaching Health Board & Anor v NT & Anor 1 December 2025
  • R v Sundeep Singh 28 November 2025
  • TKSD Care Homes & Training Ltd & Anor v Care Quality Commission 24 November 2025
  • BV (Medical Treatment) (Renal Cancer; Nephrectomy), Re 20 November 2025
  • R v Keaton Muldoon 18 November 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Legislation. Mental Health Act 2025
  • Tribunal legal representatives. Tribunal Policy: Legal representatives (10 December 2025)
  • Case (Change of status - conditional discharge recall). Cameron v SSJ [2025] EWCA Civ 1574
  • MH solicitor. Liverpool Law, 'Spotlight on: Peter Edwards' (November 2025)
  • Event. Court of Protection User Group: Property and affairs meeting (online, 21 January 2026)
  • Case (Procedural unfairness). Re R (A Child) [2025] EWCA Civ 1504
  • Case (Diagnosing death). Barts Health NHS Trust v MC [2025] EWHC 3140 (Fam)
  • Case (Brain stem testing abroad). A London NHS Trust v DT [2025] EWCOP 36 (T3)
  • Case (Cancer treatment). Powys Teaching Health Board v NT [2025] EWCOP 44 (T3)
  • Case (Treatment during s17 leave). Re RM (Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)) [2024] UKSC 7

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