In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Bonnie Venter about her work investigating the complexities of living organ donation… Read more
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Essex Autonomy Project Summer School / Summit 9-11 August 2023: registration now open
Registration is now open for the 2023 Summer School, which will take place over the course of three days at the Wivenhoe… Read more
Lawyer vacancies at the Office of the Official Solicitor
The OSPT is recruiting again for lawyers in the Healthcare & Welfare team and also the Civil Litigation team. Details of four… Read more
Fluctuating capacity – making rights real and practical, not theoretical and illusory
Hot on the heels of the decision in North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5, another decision has… Read more
A capacity masterclass from MacDonald J (and an updated capacity guide from us)
In 2015, in Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v C and V [2015] EWCOP 80, MacDonald J provided both the… Read more
Supporting decision-making and reducing coercion in mental health care – in conversation with Dr Piers Gooding
In this ‘in conversation with’ across time zones, I talk to Dr Piers Gooding about his work in relation to… Read more
Capacity and the suicidal patient – new paper
Building on work led on by Dr Chloe Beale (see here for a conversation from my shed with her), a… Read more
Small payments scheme consultation: response now published
The Ministry of Justice consulted in 2021-22 on a potential mechanism to enable families seeking access to small funds belonging… Read more
Book Review: Advance Directives across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis
Advance Directives across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis (edited by Daisy Cheung and Michael Dunn, Cambridge University Press, 2022, 341… Read more
Commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
After a very protracted journey, including amendments introduced even before it had been implemented, it was announced today (24 February)… Read more