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I have updated my resources page on this to give links to the written (and oral) evidence submitted by the… Read more

The February 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out.  Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation… Read more

Individual decision-making and its complexities was very much in the spotlight this week in the context of the oral evidence… Read more

MacPherson v Sunderland City Council [2024] EWCA Civ 1579 is another chapter in the very long-running saga concerning contempt proceedings… Read more

The President of the Family Division has set out public-facing Practice Guidance (January 2025) for cases transitioning from the National… Read more

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is undertaking scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill to assess its compatibility with international… Read more

I have updated my resources page on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill), but particularly welcome any position… Read more

Ahead of more detailed coverage of the nuances of this complicated case in the February 2025 Mental Capacity Report, it… Read more

Peel J in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust & Anor v PQ [2024] EWCOP 73 (T3) has reiterated the need for… Read more

In Re EM (Deprivation of Liberty, Care Planning & Costs) [2024] EWCOP 76 (T2), HHJ Burrows helpfully busted some disturbingly… Read more