[I am delighted to host here a guest post by Walter Boente (walter.boente@unil.ch), Centre of Comparative, European and International Law,… Read more
Tag: CRPD
CRPD corrections and updates
In an unusual step, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published a correction to General Comment… Read more
Happy birthday, Mental Capacity Act!
The MCA 2005 came fully into force 10 years ago today, on 1 October 2007. Entirely understandably given the day of… Read more
All life is an experiment – patient choice from the other side of capacity
In a fascinating judgment, B v D [2017] EWCOP 15, handed down on 5 September, Baker J had to consider… Read more
A clash of rights (models)? The ECtHR and the CRPD
In A-MV v Finland, (Application no. 53251/13, decision of 23 March 2017), the European Court of Human Rights considered carefully… Read more
New research report: The Participation of P in Welfare Cases in the Court of Protection
A huge – and hugely impressive – report on the participation of P has just been published by Cardiff University’s… Read more
Briggs: case analysis
I reproduce here an updated version of the case summary and comment on the case of Briggs v Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53 that… Read more
Service user advisory group members sought for Mental Health and Justice project
We are looking as part of the major Wellcome Trust-funded Mental Health and Justice project to recruit eight people with… Read more
Inquiry Report of the UN Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities on UK
The first report following a confidential inquiry by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has just… Read more
World Guardianship Congress Report
The 4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship has just been held in Erkner, Germany, and I attended the first (international)… Read more