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Following on from its consultation on visiting in care homes and hospitals in England, the DHSC has (1) published its… Read more

In lieu of a Mental Capacity Report, the next edition of which will be out in February, and which will… Read more

A Local Authority v KP [2023] EHWC 3210 (Fam) is a case not easily reducible to a short summary.  In… Read more

A Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v K [2023] EWCOP 59 concerned the treatment for leukaemia of a patient detained under… Read more

In The NHS Foundation Trust v K [2023] EWCOP 57, Judd J had to consider an application for declarations with… Read more

Paul Bowen KC, sitting as a Tier 3 Judge, helpfully restated the interaction between the MCA and the ECHR in… Read more

In Stockport MBC v KB [2023] EWCOP 58, HHJ Burrows addressed two questions in relating to ‘community DoL’ applications that… Read more

In the last ‘in conversation’ of 2023, I talk to Graham Morgan MBE about his perspective on coercion in mental… Read more

A vacancy has arisen in the team.  As per the recruitment page here: The Official Solicitor’s Healthcare and Welfare team manages… Read more

As I leave the shed for a wee while, I have been reflecting on recent social media activity around the… Read more