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Alex Ruck Keene

Alex is a barrister, writer and educator, and creator of the website http://www.mclap.org.uk

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COP Transparency Pilot
Mini news briefing
Deprivation of liberty in Intensive Care Units
Call for papers - IJMHCL special edition on deprivation of liberty
Law Commission deprivation of liberty consultation - one week to go
Seminar: capacity, competence, clients and witnesses 3 November
New DH letter to MCA/DOLS leads including consolidated guidance on Cheshire West/DOLS
Rochdale (again)
Wishes, feelings and best interests decision-making
October Mental Capacity Law Newsletters now out - and seminar announced

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Recent Posts

Capacity: the court and the expert, and the ‘reasons burden
15 June 2026
In one of what is likely to be one of her last decisions as a Tier 3 judge (having very... …Read More »
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – updated resources page
15 June 2026
On 14 June 2026, Lauren Roberts announced that she would use her position in the Private Members Ballot to re-introduce... …Read More »
AGNI – resources page, podcast and shedinar video
10 June 2026
I have started a resources page on the AGNI case, and will start to populate it as more guidance and... …Read More »
39 Essex Chambers June 2026 Mental Capacity Report – and AGNI
5 June 2026
The June 2026 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty... …Read More »
Supreme Court overrules Cheshire West
2 June 2026
In A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10... …Read More »

National Archives Mental Capacity cases

Richard Akos Harnoczi v Amanda Hitchings (Listing Officer) 22 June 2026
UHF (R, on the application of) v Manchester City Council 12 June 2026
London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) 12 June 2026
Ryan Bailey v R 11 June 2026
Anthony Charles Fairweather v AG & Anor 8 June 2026
John Seneschall & Anor v Propiteer Limited & Ors 2 June 2026
A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 2 June 2026
Graham Burgess v Dominik Sikprski & Anor 22 May 2026
Uriah Woods v The State No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago) 22 May 2026
NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board v OQD & Anor 22 May 2026

National Archives Mental Health Act cases

London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) 12 June 2026
Jay Jermaine Davis v R 12 June 2026
F, G and H (Return Home Under Supervision Order), Re 10 June 2026
A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 2 June 2026
Secretary of State for the Home Department v OSB 21 May 2026
Blackpool Borough Council v Langley and Ors (No.3) (Publication of Judgments) 14 May 2026
SL v SM 12 May 2026
R v Matthew Dickens 8 May 2026
BPA v NXT 8 May 2026
EF v The London Borough of Hackney & Anor 5 May 2026

Mental Health Law Online updates

AGNI response. ADASS, 'Update note from ADASS following the Supreme Court decision on deprivation of liberty' (18 June 2026)
Case (Compulsory treatment for prisoner). Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust v RL [2023] EWCOP 22
AGNI response. Belinda Schwehr, 'AGNI: Overview and Critical Analysis' (CASCAIDr, 8 June 2026)
AGNI guidance. DHSC, 'UK Supreme Court 2026 judgment on what constitutes a deprivation of liberty' (15 June 2026)
AGNI response. Lucy Series, 'There and back again' (The Small Places blog, 2 June 2026)
AGNI summary. Buckinghamshire Disability Service, 'The Supreme Court's decision about 'deprivation of liberty'' (6 June 2026)
AGNI summary. 39 Essex Chambers, 'AGNI Reference: Summary' (2 June 2026)
AGNI summary. Tim Spencer-Lane, 'The Supreme Court's reversal of the Cheshire West judgment explained' (Community Care, 3 June 2026)
AGNI response. Court of Protection, 'AGNI: Note for Re X judges' (Carolyn Hilder, 2 June 2026)
Response to AGNI decision. CQC, 'CQC statement on the Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty' (8 June 2026)

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