The case of Andy Casey sheds light again on the difficult question of diagnosing death by neurological criteria (‘DNC’), and… Read more
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has today, 18 September 2023, published the report of the review it was commissioned in… Read more
In an article published in September 2023 in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, my colleague in Chambers, Chiara… Read more
Royal Assent was granted on 18 September 2023 to the Powers of Attorney Bill – now the Powers of Attorney… Read more
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Dr Magda Furgalska about her research into people’s lived experiences of ‘insight’… Read more
I posted a few weeks ago about new guidance on carrying out proportionate assessments under the Care Act 2014 published… Read more
Our September 2023 Mental Capacity Report is now out, which we think is our largest ever, thanks to judicial hyperactivity… Read more
The desperately sad case of An NHS Trust v ST & Anor [2023] EWCOP 40 provides an example of how… Read more
The case name – Re RK (Capacity; Contact; Inherent Jurisdiction) [2023] EWCOP 37 – helpfully captures what this difficult case… Read more
The issue facing the Upper Tribunal in SF v Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership [2023] UKUT 205 (AAC) was crisply… Read more