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AGNI – resources page, podcast and shedinar video
10 June 2026
I have started a resources page on the AGNI case, and will start to populate it as more guidance and... …Read More »
39 Essex Chambers June 2026 Mental Capacity Report – and AGNI
5 June 2026
The June 2026 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty... …Read More »
Supreme Court overrules Cheshire West
2 June 2026
In A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10... …Read More »
Position statements, transparency and the Court of Protection
21 May 2026
The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal against the decision of Poole J in Re AB (Disclosure of Position... …Read More »
The contact constraints on the Court of Protection
16 May 2026
The issue of visiting in care homes is a distinctly hot topic at the time of writing (May 2026). Linked,... …Read More »

National Archives Mental Capacity cases

London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) 12 June 2026
Ryan Bailey v R 11 June 2026
Anthony Charles Fairweather v AG & Anor 8 June 2026
John Seneschall & Anor v Propiteer Limited & Ors 2 June 2026
A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 2 June 2026
Graham Burgess v Dominik Sikprski & Anor 22 May 2026
Uriah Woods v The State No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago) 22 May 2026
NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board v OQD & Anor 22 May 2026
Gardner (Deceased) (Court of Protection: Disclosure of Position Statements), Re 21 May 2026
Gary Alexander MacDougall v Lloyd Philip Thomas & Ors 21 May 2026

National Archives Mental Health Act cases

London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) 12 June 2026
F, G and H (Return Home Under Supervision Order), Re 10 June 2026
A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 2 June 2026
Secretary of State for the Home Department v OSB 21 May 2026
Blackpool Borough Council v Langley and Ors (No.3) (Publication of Judgments) 14 May 2026
SL v SM 12 May 2026
R v Matthew Dickens 8 May 2026
BPA v NXT 8 May 2026
EF v The London Borough of Hackney & Anor 5 May 2026
C (A Child) (Care Orders, Section 20 Accommodation, and Deprivation of Liberty), Re 5 May 2026

Mental Health Law Online updates

AGNI response. Lucy Series, 'There and back again' (The Small Places blog, 2 June 2026)
AGNI summary. Buckinghamshire Disability Service, 'The Supreme Court's decision about 'deprivation of liberty'' (6 June 2026)
AGNI summary. 39 Essex Chambers, 'AGNI Reference: Summary' (2 June 2026)
AGNI summary. Tim Spencer-Lane, 'The Supreme Court's reversal of the Cheshire West judgment explained' (Community Care, 3 June 2026)
AGNI response. Court of Protection, 'AGNI: Note for Re X judges' (Carolyn Hilder, 2 June 2026)
Response to AGNI decision. CQC, 'CQC statement on the Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty' (8 June 2026)
Response to AGNI decision. ADASS, 'ADASS responds to Supreme Court ruling on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards' (4 June 2026)
Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 161, June 2026)
Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 160, May 2026)
Case (DOL definition). AGNI Reference (Cheshire West Revisited) [2026] UKSC 16

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