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The DHSC published on 25 June 2021 (on a page to be populated with more detail on a rolling basis)… Read more

The National Mental Capacity Forum held a webinar on 15 June about preparing for the cliff-edge of 18.   A recording… Read more

The June 2021 Mental Capacity Report will shortly be making its way to subscribers.  The walkthrough is here: Highlights this… Read more

The DHSC has today (11 June 2021) published 6 more factsheets about the LPS 1. Liberty Protection Safeguards: criteria for… Read more

In Caamaño Valle v Spain [2021] ECHR 387, the European Court of Human Rights hardened yet further its stance that… Read more

What happens when the paperwork authorising a deprivation of liberty under the DoLS regime repeatedly refers to the wrong person?   … Read more

Medical Treatment of Children and the Law (Jo Bridgeman, Routledge, 2021, hardback £120, ebook, c. £25) In this book, importantly… Read more

Restrictive Practices in Health Care and Disability Settings (Bernadette McSherry and Yvette Maker, eds., Routledge, 2021, hardback £120, ebook, c…. Read more

As discussed in my shedinar on capacity fundamentals, one of the most common sources of unnecessary complexity in thinking about… Read more

A NHS Foundation Trust v An Expectant Mother [2021] EWCOP 33 has attracted considerable discussion.  The case concerned an expectant… Read more