With thanks to Niall Fry of DH for permission to reproduce this, here is a letter sent out to MCA/DOLS leads… Read more
Department of Health letter on MCA and Deprivation of Liberty
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Chief Coroner’s Guidance on DOLS [Now superseded]
[Note – this guidance has now been superseded by new guidance (16A) available here. It has been kept as a… Read more
December Mental Capacity Law Newsletters now out
Welcome to the December Mental Capacity Law Newsletters. Highlights this month include: 1. In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of… Read more
I need your money! The MDAC Christmas Appeal
This is not an update, but a request for your assistance with a really important cause. Three colleagues and I… Read more
The vexed Guidance about children’s homes – more developments
In Barnsley MBC v GS & Ors [2014] EWCOP 46, Holman J has held that the Guidance issued jointly by… Read more
JS Mill strikes back – Mostyn J takes on the Supreme Court
Mr Justice Mostyn is nothing if not brave. In a decision handed down on 18 November 2014: Rochdale MBC v… Read more
Re X process goes live
A quick cross-post to the Court of Protection Handbook site to flag up that the Re X process for judicial… Read more
Taking capacity to the next level
Working on the theory that I am allowed every so often shamelessly to self-publicise, can I draw the attention of… Read more
Guardianship and Cheshire West
Summary The Upper Tribunal in NL v Hampshire County Council (Mental health: All) [2014] UKUT 475 (AAC) has now pronounced… Read more
Acting as a Litigation Friend in the Court of Protection – new Guidance now out
As many of you will know, I have spent a significant part of this year working on guidance commissioned by the… Read more