In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Siddiq Diwan, Imam and Lead Muslim Chaplain at the Manchester University Hospital… Read more
Tag: capacity
Elephant traps and worked examples: the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
In a hopefully helpful contribution for those working with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, I have recorded a presentation… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Case Reports: new headnoted series launched
As the Court of Protection Law Reports series has been discontinued by LexisNexis, the Court of Protection is losing a… Read more
Capacity and organ donation – the complexities and the potential for discrimination: in conversation with Bonnie Venter
In this ‘in conversation with,’ I talk to Bonnie Venter about her work investigating the complexities of living organ donation… Read more
Fluctuating capacity – making rights real and practical, not theoretical and illusory
Hot on the heels of the decision in North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5, another decision has… Read more
Supporting decision-making and reducing coercion in mental health care – in conversation with Dr Piers Gooding
In this ‘in conversation with’ across time zones, I talk to Dr Piers Gooding about his work in relation to… Read more
Capacity and the suicidal patient – new paper
Building on work led on by Dr Chloe Beale (see here for a conversation from my shed with her), a… Read more
Fluctuating capacity, emotional dysregulation and public protection: a swansong for Hayden J
The case of A Local Authority v H [2023] EWCOP 4 concerned a young adult, H, described by Hayden J… Read more
Advance decisions to refuse treatment – presuming a presumption of capacity?
In NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB v JH [2023] EWCOP 3, Hayden J was asked to consider whether an advance decision… Read more
What place has ‘capacity’ in the criminal law relating to sex post JB?
A paper that I have written with Allegra Enefer has been published in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. … Read more