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  • Responding appropriately to the physical health needs of those with mental health conditions – a case study

    23 October 2026
    Barts Health NHS Trust v CG [2026] EWCOP 55 (T3) is a relatively ‘routine’ serious medical treatment case, which Theis J... …Read More »

  • Experiencing the ‘necessary element’ of coercion – another post-AGNI worked example

    23 October 2026
    TW v Worcestershire County Council [2026] EWCOP 54 (T2) is a thoughtful ‘worked example’[1] by HHJ Tindal applying AGNI, this... …Read More »

  • Article 8 protections after AGNI

    10 October 2026
    In Re PK & MK (Article 8 protections) [2026] EWCOP 52 (T2), HHJ Burrows picked up and developed a theme... …Read More »

  • Deciding deprivation of liberty in an “efficient, and relatively speedy” way

    3 October 2026
    Just as his decision in Re AR (Whether restrictions amount to a deprivation of liberty) [2026] EWCOP 45 (T2) arrived... …Read More »

  • 39 Essex Chambers October Mental Capacity Reports

    2 October 2026
    The October 2026 Mental Capacity Reports are now out.  Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation... …Read More »

RSS feed: National Archives Mental Capacity cases National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v PW & Anor 20 October 2026
  • Barts Health NHS Trust v CG 16 October 2026
  • NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB v AA & Ors 15 October 2026
  • T McManus v British Airways Plc 9 October 2026
  • Zedra Trust Company (UK) Limited v Graham David Tustain (Section 61) 9 October 2026
  • Zedra Trust Company (UK) Limited v Graham David Tustain 9 October 2026
  • PK & MK (Article 8 Protections), Re 8 October 2026
  • AR & Ors, Re 30 September 2026
  • D & Anor v K (Illegal Chinese Commercial Surrogacy) 29 September 2026
  • R v Cheryl McEwan 29 September 2026

RSS feed: National Archives Mental Health Act cases National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Zedra Trust Company (UK) Limited v Graham David Tustain 9 October 2026
  • R v Cheryl McEwan 29 September 2026
  • YZ v The Secretary of State for the Home Department 24 September 2026
  • Fiona Hodge & Ors v R 16 September 2026
  • Darren Osment v R 15 September 2026
  • E (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order: Public Law Proceedings), Re 10 September 2026
  • TW v Worcestershire County Council 9 September 2026
  • R v Stacy Sharples 9 September 2026
  • DOL, R (on the application of) v Southampton City Council 28 August 2026
  • R v Ellis Coulson 21 August 2026

RSS feed: Mental Health Law Online updates Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Event. LAG: Mental health law update (10 November 2026, online)
  • Event. LAG: Community Care Conference (London, 9 February 2027)
  • MHA. Richard Jones, Mental Health Act Manual (29th edn, Sweet and Maxwell 2026)
  • AGNI guidance. DHSC, 'UK Supreme Court 2026 judgment on what constitutes a deprivation of liberty' (updated, 22 September 2026)
  • Case (Open justice). Re I (publication of decision) [2026] MHLO 2 (FTT)
  • Case (Inadequate reasons about statutory criteria). Re I (inadequate reasons) [2025] MHLO 20 (FTT)
  • Welsh Measure Code. Welsh Government, 'Code of Practice to Parts 2 and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010' (2012)
  • English/Welsh differences. Law Society, 'Practice note: Differences in English and Welsh law' (10 September 2026)
  • Case (Aftercare complaint). London Borough of Islington (LGSCO, 25 019 236)
  • Case (Delay to discharge). Lancashire County Council (LGSCO, 24 022 487)

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