In Kurtz v R [2018] EWCA Crim 2743, the Court of Appeal had to grapple again with the problematic wording of… Read more
Attorneys, neglect and the shortcomings of s.44 MCA
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When not telling is in a person’s best interests
In the personal injury case of EXB v FDZ & Ors [2018] EHWC 3456 (QB), Foskett J had to grapple… Read more
Cross-border protection and the CRPD
I spent three days last week at a meeting on the cross-border protection of vulnerable adults convened by the European… Read more
Conference: Human Rights and Mental Health, April 1-5, Bochum, Germany
The Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at Ruhr University, Bochum are holding an International Spring School on… Read more
Guidance on CANH decision-making published by BMA and RCP
The British Medical Association and Royal College of Physicians have published today (12 December) guidance (endorsed, unusually but importantly, by… Read more
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill finishes Lords stages
The Bill today (11 December) finished its final stage in the Lords, with the Commons yet to come. With thanks… Read more
Mental Health Act Review – summaries and commentaries
A consequence of the fact that the MHA Review report had to be brought forward ahead of the Brexit vote… Read more
Mental Health Act Review report published – headlines
The independent Review of the Mental Health Act conducted by Sir Simon Wessely has today, 6 December, published its report,… Read more
Deprivation of liberty, restraint, and the CRPD: the view from the German Federal Constitutional Court
In what is about to be a big week for the Mental Health Act 1983, with the publication of the… Read more
Taking capacity seriously: ten years of capacity disputes before the Court of Protection
One of the first fruits of the Wellcome-funded Mental Health and Justice project has just been published in the International… Read more