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What should happen where it appears impossible to engage the person? A high-stakes question for the Court of Protection

Posted on 19 June 2023 Updated on 20 June 2023

In Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust & Anor v RL & Ors [2023] EWCOP 22 (a decision handed down in… Read more

Posted in Best interests, Capacity, Case comments, Medical treatment, Mental Health     Tags: assessing capacity, Best interests, capacity, communication     Leave a comment     


Interpersonal influence and decision-making capacity – in conversation with Kevin Ariyo

Posted on 19 June 2023 Updated on 19 June 2023

In this ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Dr Kevin Ariyo about the research that he led (as part of… Read more

Posted in Webinar     Tags: capacity, inherent jurisdiction, webinar     Leave a comment     


Capacity, financial decision-making and young people: new toolkit

Posted on 9 June 2023

A toolkit has been published today (9 June 2023) by the Ministry of Justice as part of a commitment to… Read more

Posted in Miscellaneous     Tags: capacity, Child Trust Funds, young people     Leave a comment     


Islam, capacity and best interests – in conversation with Siddiq Diwan

Posted on 3 May 2023 Updated on 3 May 2023

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Siddiq Diwan, Imam and Lead Muslim Chaplain at the Manchester University Hospital… Read more

Posted in Webinar     Tags: Best interests, capacity, Islam, religion     Leave a comment     


Elephant traps and worked examples: the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015

Posted on 2 May 2023 Updated on 10 May 2023

In a hopefully helpful contribution for those working with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, I have recorded a presentation… Read more

Posted in Legislative developments     Tags: capacity, CRPD, Ireland, Will and preferences     Leave a comment     


39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Case Reports: new headnoted series launched

Posted on 5 April 2023

As the Court of Protection Law Reports series has been discontinued by LexisNexis, the Court of Protection is losing a… Read more

Posted in Case comments     Tags: capacity, Case reports     Leave a comment     


Capacity and organ donation – the complexities and the potential for discrimination: in conversation with Bonnie Venter

Posted on 23 March 2023

In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Bonnie Venter about her work investigating the complexities of living organ donation… Read more

Posted in Webinar     Tags: capacity, Organ donation, webinar     Leave a comment     


Fluctuating capacity – making rights real and practical, not theoretical and illusory

Posted on 18 March 2023

Hot on the heels of the decision in North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5, another decision has… Read more

Posted in Capacity, Case comments     Tags: capacity, Fluctuating capacity     Leave a comment     


Supporting decision-making and reducing coercion in mental health care – in conversation with Dr Piers Gooding

Posted on 2 March 2023 Updated on 23 March 2023

In this ‘in conversation with’ across time zones, I talk to Dr Piers Gooding about his work in relation to… Read more

Posted in Webinar     Tags: capacity, CRPD, Mental health, webinar     Leave a comment     


Capacity and the suicidal patient – new paper

Posted on 1 March 2023 Updated on 8 March 2023

Building on work led on by Dr Chloe Beale (see here for a conversation from my shed with her), a… Read more

Posted in Research of interest     Tags: capacity, suicide     Leave a comment     


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RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v LE (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) (Serious Medical Treatment) 11 December 2025
  • Liverpool City Council v VT & Ors 5 December 2025
  • City of London Corporation v John Bussandra 5 December 2025
  • Powys Teaching Health Board & Anor v NT & Anor 1 December 2025
  • Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council v EKK 27 November 2025
  • TKSD Care Homes & Training Ltd & Anor v Care Quality Commission 24 November 2025
  • BV (Medical Treatment) (Renal Cancer; Nephrectomy), Re 20 November 2025
  • Alastair James Bowerman v Ian Benjamin Bowerman & Ors 18 November 2025
  • Cole Taylor & Anor v Secretary of State for Justice 17 November 2025
  • Daly v His Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) 12 November 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Angus Cameron v Secretary of State for Justice & Anor 4 December 2025
  • Powys Teaching Health Board & Anor v NT & Anor 1 December 2025
  • R v Sundeep Singh 28 November 2025
  • TKSD Care Homes & Training Ltd & Anor v Care Quality Commission 24 November 2025
  • BV (Medical Treatment) (Renal Cancer; Nephrectomy), Re 20 November 2025
  • R v Keaton Muldoon 18 November 2025
  • Sahayb Abu v Secretary of State for Justice 18 November 2025
  • R v Gemma Lisa Hindmarch 30 October 2025
  • Adam Clive Scott v The Estate of Richard Norman Scott & Ors 29 October 2025
  • MK v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & Anor 29 October 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (Change of status - conditional discharge recall). Cameron v SSJ [2025] EWCA Civ 1574
  • MH solicitor. Liverpool Law, 'Spotlight on: Peter Edwards' (November 2025)
  • Event. Court of Protection User Group: Property and affairs meeting (online, 21 January 2026)
  • Case (Procedural unfairness). Re R (A Child) [2025] EWCA Civ 1504
  • Case (Diagnosing death). Barts Health NHS Trust v MC [2025] EWHC 3140 (Fam)
  • Case (Brain stem testing abroad). A London NHS Trust v DT [2025] EWCOP 36 (T3)
  • Case (Cancer treatment). Powys Teaching Health Board v NT [2025] EWCOP 44 (T3)
  • Case (Treatment during s17 leave). Re RM (Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)) [2024] UKSC 7
  • Case (Ombudsman complaint and tribunal). Hertfordshire County Council (LGSCO, 23 008 805)
  • Inadequate hospital. CQC, 'CQC rates St Andrews Healthcare Northampton as inadequate' (23 October 2025)

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