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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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  • Triangulation and flexibility: taking capacity seriously in changing circumstances

  • Don’t ignore the Serious Medical Treatment Guidance – but let's be clear about what the law requires

  • LPAs - the duties on the certificate provider

  • 39 Essex Chambers February 2024 Mental Capacity Report now out

  • How to compare mental health and mental capacity frameworks across countries: in conversation with Professor Gavin Davidson

  • Anorexia and the Court of Protection: 39 Essex Chambers seminar 23 January 2024

  • We all die: what are doctors' duties to shield families from the sight of death?

  • The European Court of Human Rights: mental health detention and Articles 3 and 5 ECHR

  • Care home and hospital visiting in England: the new framework from 6 April 2024

  • Court of Protection round-up: December/January

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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 »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • 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
  • Gardner (Deceased) (Court of Protection: Disclosure of Position Statements), Re 21 May 2026
  • Gary Alexander MacDougall v Lloyd Philip Thomas & Ors 21 May 2026

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • London Borough of Camden v BW & Anor (Capacity Decisions; Reasons) 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
  • C (A Child) (Care Orders, Section 20 Accommodation, and Deprivation of Liberty), Re 5 May 2026

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • 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)
  • Response to AGNI decision. ADASS, 'ADASS responds to Supreme Court ruling on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards' (4 June 2026)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 161, June 2026)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 160, May 2026)
  • Case (DOL definition). AGNI Reference (Cheshire West Revisited) [2026] UKSC 16

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