In PJ v A Local Health Board & Ors [2015] UKUT 0480 (AAC) Charles J, sitting as President of the Upper… Read more
Posts
September Mental Capacity Law Newsletters now out
After taking a month off over summer, the Newsletters are back. 1. In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty… Read more
Section 49 reports – the thorny issues
A cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site, where I have just written about the very recent decision in… Read more
“Three Jurisdictions” CRPD project is ‘go’
I am very pleased to be able to share the news that funding has been secured for a project (led… Read more
MCA 2005 10 years on – a few conference spaces still available
Fresh back from New Zealand (and fired up with comparative thoughts), I will be speaking on “(Re)presenting P” at a… Read more
VOICES Project launched at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy
From NZ, where I’m just finishing up teaching a fascinating (to me!) course on vulnerable adults rights protection at Auckland… Read more
Book Review – Mental Health Tribunal Handbook
Mental Health Tribunal Handbook: Sarah Johnston, Sophy Miles and Dr Claire Royston (Legal Action Group, 2015: £48) This new work… Read more
News from New Zealand – testamentary capacity and undue influence
It is appropriate to highlight a Kiwi case in what is likely to be one of my last posts before… Read more
Conditional discharge and DOLS – sanity prevails
In Secretary of State for Justice v KC and C Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2015] UKUT 0376 (AAC), Charles… Read more
Neglect upon neglect – the report into the investigation of neglect of older persons in care homes in Wales
For a deeply depressing read on a (in London wet) Tuesday evening, you could do worse than read the report… Read more