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Margaret Flynn, the Chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum, has published her annual report (in fact, a double issue)… Read more

In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Joe Gough, we discuss some of the fruits of his British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship… Read more

The February 2026 Mental Capacity Reports are now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of… Read more

As the House of Lords continues at Committee stage to consider eligibility, members of the Complex Life and Death Decisions… Read more

In light of the fact that it appears likely that questions of capacity will be considered imminently by the House… Read more

In the Capacity and Self-Determination Law 2016, Jersey has a framework which looks a great deal like the Mental Capacity… Read more

I have updated my guidance note on advance decisions to refuse treatment under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to take… Read more

The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal of three of the relevant public bodies in the Lewis-Ranwell case, concerning the effect… Read more

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Nick Robinson, Professor Judy Laing, and Dr Jeremy Dixon about the website that… Read more

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