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  • 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 »

  • Position statements, transparency and the Court of Protection

    21 May 2026
    The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal against the decision of Poole J in Re AB (Disclosure of Position... …Read More »

  • The contact constraints on the Court of Protection

    16 May 2026
    The issue of visiting in care homes is a distinctly hot topic at the time of writing (May 2026).  Linked,... …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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