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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

[This is a guest post by Lorraine Currie, a former DoLS Lead and currently an associate with WMADASS with a… Read more

The DoLS statistics for England for the year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 were published today (24 August… Read more

As (for some at least) a summer break is starting to come to an end, I have recorded a version… Read more

In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust v JM & Anor [2023] EWCOP 38, Hayden J has helpfully reminded us of… Read more

A Health and Social Care Trust v JU [2023] NIFam 12 provides an interesting take on the extent of positive… Read more

Barnet Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust & Anor v Mr K & Ors [2023] EWCOP 35 concerned the… Read more