Summary The Upper Tribunal in NL v Hampshire County Council (Mental health: All) [2014] UKUT 475 (AAC) has now pronounced… Read more
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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
November Mental Capacity Law Newsletters out
This month’s Mental Capacity Law Newsletters are now out. Highlights include: 1. In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty… Read more
Book Review: Medical Treatment and the Law: Issues of Consent (2nd Edition)
Medical Treatment and the Law: Issues of Consent (2nd Edition): Richard Harper (Jordans, 2014, £54) This book, subtitled “The Protection of… Read more
Care Act Part 1 secondary legislation and guidance published
In a positive flurry of activity, the majority of the secondary legislation (both ‘affirmative’ and ‘negative’) accompanying Part 1 of… Read more
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities pronounces on Article 14
With thanks, as ever, to the eagle-eyed Lucy Series for bringing this to my attention, the Committee on the Rights… Read more
Judicial authorisations of deprivation of liberty guide updated
The Guide to the procedure to follow when seeking judicial authorisations of deprivation of liberty following Re X written by Neil Allen, Tor… Read more
Re X(2): further amplication of judicial deprivation of liberty process
A quick cross-post to my ‘sister’ site: www.courtofprotectionhandbook.com (which I maintain with Sophy Miles) to flag up the second judgment… Read more
New Guidance Issued on DNACPR
The British Medical Association, the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the Royal College of Nursing have today (7 October) published new… Read more
Brain injury and the MCA – making the abstract real
In a news item that should have made its way into the most recent Newsletter, a group of experienced brain injury… Read more