An intriguing announcement today (15 June 2022) raises the possibility that there may be movement to amend the MCA 2005 in respect of Lasting Powers … Read More ›
Tag: Law reform
For those in Scotland (or those elsewhere wanting to see some fascinating and challenging law reform proposals in the field of mental health and capacity), … Read More ›
Not just those within Ireland, but also those interested from other jurisdictions, in seeing how a hugely important law reform in this area is being … Read More ›
The Independent Review of Learning Disability and Autism in Scotland’s mental health legislation has published two important reports to sit alongside its final report and … Read More ›
With a neat (if unplanned) symmetry, work that have been dominating my life has come to different forms of head in the past couple of … Read More ›
The Law Commission’s important consultation on the law of wills closes on Friday 10 November. I urge you to respond if you have any interest … Read More ›
Jackie Doyle-Price (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health), in a written statement today (30 October) set out the Government’s Interim Response to the Law Commission’s … Read More ›
The MCA 2005 came fully into force 10 years ago today, on 1 October 2007. Entirely understandably given the day of the week its birthday fell, … Read More ›
[In case of any wider interest, I reproduce below the text of a talk I gave today at the 10th birthday party we held for … Read More ›