[The independent Review of the MHA has published its interim report today (1 May). Whilst it should be read in… Read more
MHA Review interim report published
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Vulnerable adults – another opportunity for change?
As many will know, I spent a considerable part of 2017 seeking to persuade the Law Commission to take forward… Read more
CRPD corrections and updates
In an unusual step, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published a correction to General Comment… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report April 2018
The April 2018 Report is now available. Highlights include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the… Read more
Law Society Mental Health and Disability Committee vacancies
The (English) Law Society MHDC is recruiting to fill 3 vacancies, with a deadline of Friday 13 April. Despite the inauspicious… Read more
The Skripals before the Court of Protection – more detailed analysis
The Court of Protection was thrust into the centre of a major international incident in SSHD v Sergei Skripal; SSHD v… Read more
Deceiving in the name of best interests
In Re AB [2016] EWCOP 66 which was decided in December 2016, but which only appeared on Bailii in March… Read more
Foreign powers of attorney – an unfortunate judicial wrong turn
[post updated on 29 March with more detail as to the operation of ‘foreign’ powers of attorney] Re JMK [2018]… Read more
The Court of Protection and the Skripal case
In a fascinating judgment just published here, Williams J has held that it is in the best interests of Sergei… Read more
Mental Health Act Review service user and carers surveys extended and new formats
The deadline for these surveys has been extended to Friday 6th April and the surveys now also have easy read and BSL versions,… Read more