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50 “in conversations with” from the shed – and always in the market for ideas as to who else to talk to!

Posted on 2 June 2023

I have realised that the most recent of my ‘in conversations’ with (with Abiy Babatunde) was the 50th.  A fascinating… Read more

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Advance choice documents – turning research into reality: in conversation with Abiy Babatunde

Posted on 2 June 2023 Updated on 2 June 2023

In this – the 50th! – ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Abiy Babatunde, research assistant on the Advance Statements… Read more

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Refusing food in prison – in conversation with Donna Phillips

Posted on 22 May 2023 Updated on 22 May 2023

In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Donna Phillips, Head of Safeguarding at Spectrum Community Health CIC, about the… Read more

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Islam, capacity and best interests – in conversation with Siddiq Diwan

Posted on 3 May 2023 Updated on 3 May 2023

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Siddiq Diwan, Imam and Lead Muslim Chaplain at the Manchester University Hospital… Read more

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Supported decision-making – the principles and the point: in conversation with Shih-Ning Then

Posted on 27 March 2023

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Professor Shih-Ning Then about supported decision-making, exploring the meaning of the term,… Read more

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Capacity and organ donation – the complexities and the potential for discrimination: in conversation with Bonnie Venter

Posted on 23 March 2023

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Bonnie Venter about her work investigating the complexities of living organ donation… Read more

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Supporting decision-making and reducing coercion in mental health care – in conversation with Dr Piers Gooding

Posted on 2 March 2023 Updated on 23 March 2023

In this ‘in conversation with’ across time zones, I talk to Dr Piers Gooding about his work in relation to… Read more

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Alcohol Related Brain Damage and capacity – in conversation with Ken Wilson and Julia Lewis

Posted on 20 February 2023

In this ‘in conversation’ with, I learn from (retired) Professor Ken Wilson and Dr Julia Lewis about Alcohol Related Brain… Read more

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Advance directives across Asia – in conversation with Daisy Cheung and Michael Dunn

Posted on 9 February 2023

In this ‘in conversation’ with, I learn about the background to the new book co-edited by Daisy Cheung and Michael… Read more

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February 2023 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report and walkthrough

Posted on 2 February 2023

The February 2023 Mental Capacity Report is now out.  Highlights this month include:  (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation… Read more

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    2 December 2025
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    2 December 2025
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  • Capacity and marriage – the changes brought about in Ireland by the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015

    26 November 2025
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  • Children in complex situations at risk of deprivation of liberty – in conversation with Dr Susannah Bowyer

    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 »
  • Communicating the communication limb of the capacity test

    24 November 2025
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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council v EKK 27 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
  • Alastair James Bowerman v Ian Benjamin Bowerman & Ors 18 November 2025
  • Cole Taylor & Anor v Secretary of State for Justice 17 November 2025
  • Daly v His Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) 12 November 2025
  • Andrew James Riddle v NA 6 November 2025
  • RS (Best Interests: Surgery and Intensive Care), Re 5 November 2025
  • Andrew Grijns v Janice Grijns & Ors 5 November 2025
  • Kanta Kaur v Kouri Kaur & Ors 3 November 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • 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
  • Sahayb Abu v Secretary of State for Justice 18 November 2025
  • R v Gemma Lisa Hindmarch 30 October 2025
  • Adam Clive Scott v The Estate of Richard Norman Scott & Ors 29 October 2025
  • MK v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & Anor 29 October 2025
  • Khamba & Ors v Harrow London Borough Council & Ors 29 October 2025
  • Medway Council v M & Anor (Assessment of capacity) 22 October 2025
  • Andrew Breeze & Anor v Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary 17 October 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (Ombudsman complaint and tribunal). Hertfordshire County Council (LGSCO, 23 008 805)
  • Inadequate hospital. CQC, 'CQC rates St Andrews Healthcare Northampton as inadequate' (23 October 2025)
  • Update on LPS and revised Code. DHSC, 'Improved safeguarding and protections for vulnerable people' (press release, 18 October 2025)
  • Case (Aftercare complaint). Sheffield City Council (LGSCO, 25 002 630)
  • Case (SMI and DLA). TC v SSWP [2025] UKUT 356 (AAC)
  • Unofficial updates to MCA/DOLS Codes. Alex Ruck Keene, Victoria Butler-Cole and Neil Allen, 'Mental Capacity Act/DOLS Codes of Practice update' (20 November 2025)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 155, November 2025)
  • Job advert. TV Edwards LLP, London - Court of Protection (welfare) solicitor (listed until 27 February 2026).
  • Litigation. Law Society, 'Practice note: Mazur and the conduct of litigation' (18 November 2025)
  • Parole Board licence conditions. Parole Board, 'Licence conditions: Member guidance' (v2.1, October 2022)

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