University Hospitals of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust v J (Medical Treatment: Best Interests) [2019] EWCOP 16 concerned whether it… Read more
Reproductive rights and when it is ‘right’ to go to court
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Capacity, pre-nuptial agreements and knowledge of your own assets
PBM v TGT & X Local Authority [2019] EWCOP 6 addresses the questions of capacity to marry, enter into a… Read more
Executive dysfunction under the judicial spotlight
In TB v KB and LH (Capacity to Conduct Proceedings) [2019] EWCOP 14 Macdonald J had cause to consider the… Read more
Liberty Protection Safeguards resources page
Inspired (as so often) by Lucy Series, I have added a new LPS resources page on my website to accompany… Read more
All (or at least part) go for the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland)
Confounding the expectations of those who had thought that the stalemate in Stormont meant there was no possibility that MCA… Read more
LPS – a parallel world?
Given the passing of final Parliamentary hurdles by the LPS, facilitated by the abandonment of any statutory definition of deprivation… Read more
LPS is go
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill passed its final legislative stage in the House of Lords this evening (24 April) and… Read more
39 Essex Chambers April Mental Capacity Reports out
Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: an update on the Mental Capacity… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Best Interests guide updated
Following the update of our guide to capacity assessments, the 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report team (with the invaluable… Read more
Seize the day, or lose the person
In FT v MM and RM [2019] EWHC 935 (Fam), Russell J has highlighted a real and problematic difference between… Read more