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Recent Posts

  • New 39 Essex Chambers website, but same mental capacity resources!

    17 January 2026
    My Chambers have launched a new and zippy version of our website.  But don’t worry, all the content that you... …Read More »

  • Supporting the legal capacity of all persons with disabilities – in conversation with János Fiala-Butora

    12 January 2026
    In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to the lawyer and academic Dr János Fiala-Butora about his new book, Implementing the... …Read More »

  • Personal welfare deputies, principle and pragmatism

    10 January 2026
    In Parr v Cheshire East Council & Anor [2026] EWCOP 1 (T3), and whilst expressly applying, rather than seeking to... …Read More »

  • Sir James Munby

    10 January 2026
    The sense of shock amongst lawyers and others concerned with the rights of children and those with impaired decision-making capacity... …Read More »

  • January 2026 capacity mini-update

    6 January 2026
    We do not publish a January Mental Capacity Report, but there have been a number of relevant developments meriting brief... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Alison Parr v Cheshire East Council & Anor 9 January 2026
  • Stuart John Pilbrow v Nicola Jane Eileen Glanville & Anor 8 January 2026
  • 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

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Optosafe Limited & Anor v John Mark Robertson 5 January 2026
  • 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
  • D (Contempt: Sentencing), Re 16 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

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Open justice. Mark Sutherland Williams, 'The family court and open justice: evolution, reform, and wider implications for the HESC Chamber' (14 January 2026)
  • Welfare benefits and hospital orders. DWP, 'Convicted criminals detained in hospitals set to lose benefits' (press release, 15 January 2026)
  • Case (Sentence reduced). R v Holland [2025] EWCA Crim 1628
  • New website layout
  • Case (Aftercare accommodation charging complaint). London Borough of Lewisham (LGSCO, 18 010 781)
  • Case (Aftercare accommodation complaint). Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (LGSCO, 19 002 160)
  • Job advert. Nujeerallee Law, Kingston upon Thames - Mental health consultant solicitors (listed until 13 March 2026).
  • MHRTW membership. Eve Piffaretti, 'Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill published' (Blake Morgan, 6 January 2026)
  • MHRTW membership. Julie James, 'Written Statement: Draft of Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill' (5 January 2026)
  • Legislation. Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill 2026

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