North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v KAG & Ors [2024] EWCOP 38 (T3) is a case… Read more
A judicial reminder of the hard edges of the treatment regime under the MHA 1983
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Mental Health and Justice – project website reborn
Mental Health & Justice was a Wellcome Trust-funded multi-disciplinary research initiative, running between 2017-2023, addressing a cluster of public policy… Read more
Right Care, Right Person before the courts
It is perhaps slightly surprising that Right Care, Right Person should make its first reported appearance in case-law in the… Read more
Safeguarding Adults Reviews – themes and implications from a national analysis: in discussion with Professor Michael Preston-Shoot
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Professor Michael Preston-Shoot about the second national analysis of safeguarding adults reviews… Read more
Rethinking the UK’s approach to dying: lessons from an end-of-life helpline
The charity Compassion in Dying has published a comprehensive and powerful report based on analysis of calls and emails received… Read more
Triage, COVID-19 and decision-making – a perspective from the courts
Perhaps prompted by the publication of the first report of the COVID-19 inquiry today (on the resilience and preparedness of… Read more
Mental Health Act reform – full steam ahead?
Given the announcement in today’s King’s Speech that “the government will… legislate to modernise the Mental Health Act,” or, in… Read more
Following through a decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment: a new dilemma for the Court of Protection
In NHS NW London ICB [2024] EWCOP 35, the Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Theis J, gave a careful… Read more
39 Essex Chambers July 2024 Mental Capacity Report and walkthrough
The July 2024 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation… Read more
Mental Capacity & Homelessness – National Practitioner Survey 2024
[A message on behalf of this brilliant[1] project: Use of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with people experiencing multiple exclusion… Read more