From January 2023, the new upfront notification process will become the standard process for all Property and Affairs deputyship applications,… Read more
The final report of the Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law project has now been published. Led by… Read more
In May 2022, the Ministry of Justice indicated in its response to the Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney consultation that… Read more
If you are a lawyer in England & Wales and need a reason to join the indefatigable charity INQUEST, the… Read more
A paper that I have written with Allegra Enefer has been published in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. … Read more
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.” Whilst the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was thinking of rather different matters… Read more
Prompted by a number of situations recently in which I have been concerned that professionals may not always know how… Read more
Compulsory Mental Health Interventions and the CRPD (Anna Nilsson, Hart, 2021 hardback/paperback/eBook, c.£75/£33; and The Right to be Protected from… Read more
In a rather spectacular coup, Community Care reported on 28 October 2022 that LPS implementation was due in October 2023,… Read more
In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to PhD student David Mason about the research that the King’s College London… Read more