The 39 Essex Chambers Guide to carrying out and recording capacity assessments has been updated, in particular to add a… Read more
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39 Essex Chambers June Mental Capacity Report – the 20 minute walkthrough!
In an experiment (prompted in part by the fact that the June 2020 Mental Capacity Report is a doorstop), I… Read more
39 Essex Chambers June Mental Capacity Report
The June issue will shortly be winging its way to subscribers (remember, it’s free!). Highlights this month include: (1) In… Read more
Book Review: The Approved Mental Health Professional Practice Handbook
The Approved Mental Health Professional Practice Handbook (Kevin Stone, Sarah Vicary, Tim Spencer-Lane, 2020, Policy Press, c.£20.00) This book fulfils… Read more
Advance decision-making, bipolar and overcoming fears: in conversation with Dr Lucy Stephenson
In the latest ‘in conversation with’, Dr Lucy Stephenson and I discuss the Wellcome-funded PACT project to develop advance decision-making… Read more
The shedinar series – now all in one place (and a podcast)
Thank you to everyone who has commented in different ways that you have found my lockdown offerings from the shed… Read more
The Court of Appeal, decision-making capacity and sex: have we been getting it all wrong?
The Court of Appeal in A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735 has made clear that we have… Read more
Not all deprivations of liberty are equal: the limits of the state’s operational duty to protect the right to life
The Court of Appeal in R(Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde [2020] EWCA Civ 738 has held… Read more
The long and winding road to the great confinement – in conversation with Lucy Series
In this conversation, I ask Dr Lucy Series about her Wellcome funded research, and we discuss, in particular, the long… Read more
Autonomy Summer School – online and free!
The Essex Autonomy Project Summer School will now be going ahead online. Participation is now free, but places are limited,… Read more