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Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board v RW & Anor [2026] EWCOP 10 (T3) provides a snapshot of the realities… Read more

Re DA (Whether to replace a Single Joint Expert) [2026] EWCOP 7 (T2) is a decision which, as its name… Read more

Whether you can have capacity to conduct proceedings about a decision you lack capacity to make is a question that… Read more

Margaret Flynn, the Chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum, has published her annual report (in fact, a double issue)… Read more

In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Joe Gough, we discuss some of the fruits of his British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship… Read more

The February 2026 Mental Capacity Reports are now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of… Read more

As the House of Lords continues at Committee stage to consider eligibility, members of the Complex Life and Death Decisions… Read more

In light of the fact that it appears likely that questions of capacity will be considered imminently by the House… Read more

In the Capacity and Self-Determination Law 2016, Jersey has a framework which looks a great deal like the Mental Capacity… Read more

I have updated my guidance note on advance decisions to refuse treatment under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to take… Read more