The June 2021 Mental Capacity Report will shortly be making its way to subscribers. The walkthrough is here: Highlights this… Read more
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Liberty Protection Safeguards: new factsheets
The DHSC has today (11 June 2021) published 6 more factsheets about the LPS 1. Liberty Protection Safeguards: criteria for… Read more
Voting, discrimination and legal capacity
In Caamaño Valle v Spain [2021] ECHR 387, the European Court of Human Rights hardened yet further its stance that… Read more
Substance or form? When do repeated errors invalidate a DoLS authorisation?
What happens when the paperwork authorising a deprivation of liberty under the DoLS regime repeatedly refers to the wrong person? … Read more
Book Review: Medical Treatment of Children and the Law (Jo Bridgeman, Routledge, 2021)
Medical Treatment of Children and the Law (Jo Bridgeman, Routledge, 2021, hardback £120, ebook, c. £25) In this book, importantly… Read more
Book Review: Restrictive Practices in Health Care and Disability Settings (Bernadette McSherry and Yvette Maker, eds., Routledge, 2021)
Restrictive Practices in Health Care and Disability Settings (Bernadette McSherry and Yvette Maker, eds., Routledge, 2021, hardback £120, ebook, c…. Read more
Relevant information for different categories of decision
As discussed in my shedinar on capacity fundamentals, one of the most common sources of unnecessary complexity in thinking about… Read more
Capacity, pregnancy, risk and the courts
A NHS Foundation Trust v An Expectant Mother [2021] EWCOP 33 has attracted considerable discussion. The case concerned an expectant… Read more
Communication, music and reframing support – in conversation with Alix Lewer
In this ‘in conversation’ with Alix Lewer, founder of Include.org, we discuss the work of the Include choir, the role… Read more
Sex and the limits of fluctuating capacity
When and how does the concept of fluctuating capacity apply in the context of sexual relations? This was the question… Read more