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Precedent orders - now updated
May Newsletters now out!
The Court of Protection comes of age
MHLA COP conference 3 July
Mental Capacity Act Steering Group documents
Voting, mental health and mental capacity
Deprivation of Liberty Guidance now out!
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Capacity, presumptions and doubts – the Court of Appeal clarifies
15 September 2026
In TDB v London Borough of Haringey [2026] EWCA Civ 1168, the Court of Appeal has clarified the role that... …Read More »
Capacity, the ‘support principle’ and assisted dying – the case of learning disability
10 September 2026
One of the consequences of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill cross-referring directly to the Mental Capacity Act... …Read More »
Case management and the Court of Protection – a wild idea [guest post)
10 September 2026
[This is a guest post by Victoria Butler-Cole KC, a colleague of mine at 39 Essex Chambers, co-founder of the... …Read More »
Suicide prevention and assisted dying – managing the tension
9 September 2026
Suicide prevention is understood as a multi-agency public health endeavour aimed at reducing suicide deaths through a combination of individual... …Read More »
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill updated briefings from the Complex Life and Death Decisions Group
7 September 2026
The second reading of Lauren Edwards’ Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is on Friday 11 September. Together with my Complex... …Read More »

National Archives Mental Capacity cases

Rosemary Anne Davina Elliott v Vanessa Anne Bateson & Anor 23 September 2026
Carter-Ruck Solicitors & Anor v Solicitors Regulation Authority 21 September 2026
TDB, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Haringey 15 September 2026
Various Applications in respect of ‘Direct Payments’, Re 10 September 2026
KDS v EUI Limited 9 September 2026
AR (Whether restrictions amount to a deprivation of liberty), Re 4 September 2026
Derby City Council v SM 3 September 2026
Julie Marie Croll v The Estate of Margaret Mary Thorpe & Ors 28 August 2026
NHS North East London ICB v FHR & Ors 26 August 2026
Lindsay Bisiker v Judith Ann Bisiker & Ors 24 August 2026

National Archives Mental Health Act cases

YZ v The Secretary of State for the Home Department 24 September 2026
Fiona Hodge & Ors v R 16 September 2026
Darren Osment v R 15 September 2026
E (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order: Public Law Proceedings), Re 10 September 2026
DOL, R (on the application of) v Southampton City Council 28 August 2026
R v Ellis Coulson 21 August 2026
T (A Child: Traumatic Injuries), Re 18 August 2026
Yaa Foriwaa Appiah & Anor v Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 12 August 2026
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust v CG (by their litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) & Anor 7 August 2026
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council v AD 5 August 2026

Mental Health Law Online updates

Case (Open justice). Re I (publication of decision) [2026] MHLO 2 (FTT)
Case (Inadequate reasons about statutory criteria). Re I (inadequate reasons) [2025] MHLO 20 (FTT)
Welsh Measure Code. Welsh Government, 'Code of Practice to Parts 2 and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010' (2012)
English/Welsh differences. Law Society, 'Practice note: Differences in English and Welsh law' (10 September 2026)
Case (Aftercare complaint). London Borough of Islington (LGSCO, 25 019 236)
Case (Delay to discharge). Lancashire County Council (LGSCO, 24 022 487)
Case (Service charge wrongly charged under s117). London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LGSCO, 25 027 355)
COP/inherent jurisdiction book. Oliver Lewis, Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults (Bloomsbury 2026)
Event. PELT: Introduction to using COP including s21A appeals and AGNI (online, 2 December 2026)
Event. PELT: MCA, new definition of DOL and implications of AGNI (online, 25 November 2026)

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