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The May 2023 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty… Read more

In a hopefully helpful contribution for those working with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, I have recorded a presentation… Read more

The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now available on the Handbook website, including details of guidance… Read more

After a very protracted journey, including amendments introduced even before it had been implemented, Ireland’s Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015… Read more

For civil practitioners, the White Book is an (inordinately expensive) but often indispensable addition to their suite of materials.  It… Read more

In a veritable doorstop of a report published today, 25 April 2023, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics sets out its… Read more

As we head towards local elections in England, a reminder of this excellent post by Lucy Series (from a couple of… Read more

Suicide and the Law (Elizabeth Wicks, Hart, 2023, Hardback, £76.50; Paperback/eBook £61.20) This book by Elizabeth Wicks, Professor of Human… Read more

The Bar Council of Ireland are hosting a one day conference at the King’s Inns in Dublin on 28 April… Read more

The Centre for Investigating Contemporary Social Ills at the University of Essex, an interdisciplinary research initiative of academics and practitioners,… Read more