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The MCA, advance decisions and shifting the dial – in conversation with Compassion in Dying

Posted on 6 July 2022

In a departure from my previous outings, I have recorded a three way conversation with Usha Grieve and Sarah Malik… Read more

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Mental capacity – challenges and commitment: in conversation with Ilora Finlay

Posted on 26 June 2022

In this conversation, I talk to Ilora Finlay (Baroness Finlay of Llandaff), the first Chair of the National Mental Capacity… Read more

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In the Shadows of the Institution – the film

Posted on 23 June 2022

Dr Lucy Series has recently written a book, entitled Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution (Bristol University Press,… Read more

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Two (and a bit) years of talking to people from my shed

Posted on 5 June 2022

As I prepare to leave the shed for Edinburgh for the World Congress on Adult Capacity (real people in a… Read more

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ReSPECT, advance decision-making and capacity dilemmas – in conversation with Dr Zoë Fritz

Posted on 18 May 2022

In this conversation, I talk to Dr Zoë Fritz, Wellcome fellow in Society and Ethics and a Consultant in Acute… Read more

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Lived experience and mental health research – in conversation with Dr Thomas Kabir

Posted on 17 May 2022

In this conversation, I talk to Dr Thomas Kabir about his work with the McPin Foundation, and co-chair of the… Read more

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Can we move beyond binaries in thinking about capacity and disability? In conversation with Dr Bev Clough

Posted on 3 May 2022

In this conversation, I talk to Dr Bev Clough about her new book, The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law Moving Beyond… Read more

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LPS and MCA Code consultation – video Q&As

Posted on 25 April 2022 Updated on 22 June 2022

[Update – a further video can be found here, on a page which has all four together] Thanks very much… Read more

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Contraception, support and intellectual disability – in conversation with Jodie Rawles

Posted on 30 March 2022 Updated on 30 March 2022

In this conversation, I talk to Jodie Rawles about her research as part of the Mental Health & Justice project… Read more

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Deprivation of liberty in the shadows of the institution – in discussion with Dr Lucy Series

Posted on 29 March 2022 Updated on 29 March 2022

In this conversation, I ask Dr Lucy Series about her book Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution… Read more

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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Carl Gardner, Deceased (Duration of Transparency Order), Re 24 September 2025
  • Darlington Borough Council v AW & Ors 22 September 2025
  • Lioubov Macpherson v Sunderland City Council 9 September 2025
  • BRO, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 26 August 2025
  • W, Re: Capacity to Engage in Sexual Relations & Marry 26 August 2025
  • The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v YD & Others (Refusal of Withdrawal of Treatment) 12 August 2025
  • London Borough of X v Mrs Z & Anor 31 July 2025
  • TLA v Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust 29 July 2025
  • G, Re (A Child) 28 July 2025
  • St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MN 28 July 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Rohit Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings Limited & Anor 26 September 2025
  • Darlington Borough Council v AW & Ors 22 September 2025
  • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council v The Mother & Ors 19 September 2025
  • West Berkshire Council v Mother & Ors 16 September 2025
  • London Borough of Redbridge v M & Ors 12 September 2025
  • Arion Kurtaj v R 11 September 2025
  • ER v NT (Need for fact finding hearing) 27 August 2025
  • BRO, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 26 August 2025
  • Noel Anthony Clarke v Guardian News and Media Limited 22 August 2025
  • Fatheya Ali, R (on the application of) v HM Assistant Coroner for Inner North London 12 August 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (Litigation capacity). GRM v Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] EWHC 790 (KB)
  • Case (Conflict of interest and deputyship). Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation Ltd v Public Guardian [2015] EWCOP 94
  • Intermediaries. Parole Board, 'Intermediaries Member Guidance' (v1.0, July 2024)
  • Case (Child DOL). Re N (A child: deprivation of liberty orders) [2025] EWHC 1690 (Fam)
  • Case (Inquest). R (Ferguson) v HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens [2025] EWHC 1901 (Admin)
  • Case (IPP to s37/41). R v Osmond [2025] EWCA Crim 835
  • Case (Unduly lenient hospital order). R v Baja (AG's ref) [2025] EWCA Crim 967
  • Case (Unfitness to plead and funding). R v Kurtaj [2025] EWCA Crim 1163
  • MHA statistics. NHS Digital, 'Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures, 2024-25' (18 September 2015)
  • Case (PB oral hearing). Anditon v Parole Board [2025] EWHC 2099 (Admin)

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