A Welsh Government consultation was held between 17 March 2022 and 14 July 2022 on four sets of draft Regulations… Read more
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Capacity, financial decision-making and young people: new toolkit
A toolkit has been published today (9 June 2023) by the Ministry of Justice as part of a commitment to… Read more
Calling adult social care lawyers (and others with strong views): LPS survey and webinar –
Ahead of a webinar being hosted by Local Government Lawyer on 13 June at midday in association with LexisNexis with… Read more
50 “in conversations with” from the shed – and always in the market for ideas as to who else to talk to!
I have realised that the most recent of my ‘in conversations’ with (with Abiy Babatunde) was the 50th. A fascinating… Read more
39 Essex Chambers June 2023 Mental Capacity Report – and walkthrough
The June 2023 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty… Read more
Advance choice documents – turning research into reality: in conversation with Abiy Babatunde
In this – the 50th! – ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Abiy Babatunde, research assistant on the Advance Statements… Read more
LPS delay – Joint Committee on Human Rights questions for Government
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has written (by letter dated 26 May 2023) to the Minister of State for… Read more
Refusing food in prison – in conversation with Donna Phillips
In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Donna Phillips, Head of Safeguarding at Spectrum Community Health CIC, about the… Read more
Hegel and testamentary capacity: a synthesis between the common law and the MCA 2005?
The philosopher Hegel famously considered that progress was made by a thesis being advanced, to which an antithesis could be… Read more
Reforming the Mental Health Act – Approaches to Improve Patient Choice: the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Whilst we wait to learn what the next steps may be in relation to mental health reform in England &… Read more