Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: Re Y update, constructing a best… Read more
39 Essex Chambers March Mental Capacity Reports
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Re Y: watch here
The Supreme Court website now has available for streaming the whole hearing in Re Y. Judgment both is reserved and… Read more
Mental Health Act review: service user and carer surveys – deadline 28 Feb
The Independent MHA Review surveys of service users and carers are closing soon, the deadline being 28 February. Please share widely.
Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the reform of the DoLS
The JCHR has launched an inquiry into the Right to freedom and safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards…. Read more
Deprivation of liberty in the hospital setting – new guidance note
My colleagues from the doughty 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report team and I have sought to wrestle with the change of… Read more
Independent MHA Review: Stakeholder workshops
The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act is in its initial scoping phase, seeking to identify priorities for further… Read more
Confinement, consent and judicial authorisation for children
In Re A-F (Children) [2018] EWHC 138 (Fam), Sir James Munby P has pronounced upon two key issues in relation… Read more
39 Essex Chambers January Mental Capacity Report now out
Delayed (as the phrase goes) by circumstances beyond our control, the January Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this… Read more
Book corner: attorneys, carers and coercive mental health treatment
By way of preview for the January Mental Capacity Report, which should be coming out shortly, three reviews of books… Read more
Mental Health Act review: service user and carer survey now live
The Independent MHA Review surveys of service users and carers are now live, with a closing deadline of 28 February. Please… Read more