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Tag: Mental Capacity Amendment Bill

Legislative developments, LPS

LPS update – back to the Lords on 24 April

The Parliament website now (11 April) tells us that the very slow motion game of Ping-Pong in the final stages of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) … Read More ›

Posted on April 11, 2019
Legislative developments

LPS – further exchange between Joint Committee on Human Rights and Government

Ahead of today’s ping-pong stage in the Commons, the Government has published its response to the two reports of the JCHR on LPS.  It is … Read More ›

Posted on April 2, 2019
Legislative developments

LPS ping pong update – Government proposes compromise on deprivation of liberty

The Government has just (29 March) published its proposed response to the Lords amendments to the LPS. The Government proposes that the Lords definition of … Read More ›

Posted on March 29, 2019March 29, 2019
Legislative developments

LPS back to Parliament on 2 April

The ping-pong stage of LPS continues, it just having been announced that the Bill will return to Parliament on 2 April, for the House of … Read More ›

Posted on March 28, 2019
Legislative developments

LPS – where are we, and where are we going?

[This post has been updated to be current as at November 2020, and will be further updated in due course]. The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act … Read More ›

Posted on March 22, 2019November 11, 2020
Legislative developments

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill update

The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill returned to the Lords last night (26 February).   The majority of the amendments introduced by the Government in the … Read More ›

Posted on February 27, 2019
Legislative developments, MHA Review

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill finishes Lords stages

The Bill today (11 December) finished its final stage in the Lords, with the Commons yet to come.  With thanks once again to Tim Spencer-Lane … Read More ›

Posted on December 11, 2018
Legislative developments

Current version of Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill and Third Reading

The Bill as amended at Report stage is here, and the last stage before it goes to the Commons, Third Reading, has been announced for … Read More ›

Posted on November 29, 2018
Legislative developments

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – second and final day of Report stage

With thanks, again, to Tim Spencer-Lane for his summary, the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill today (27 November) completed report stage in the House of Lords. … Read More ›

Posted on November 27, 2018November 27, 2018
Legislative developments

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill first day of report stage

The first day of the Lords Report stage on 21 November brought the first changes to the Bill and the first defeat for the Government. … Read More ›

Posted on November 22, 2018

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RSS Bailii capacity cases

  • X NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v Ms A [2021] EWCOP 17 (01 March 2021) March 5, 2021
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust v GH [2021] EWCOP 18 (05 March 2021) March 5, 2021
  • Rokkan v Rokkan & Anor [2021] EWHC 481 (Ch) (04 March 2021) March 4, 2021
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  • NZ, Re (Mental Capacity Act 2005) [2021] EWCOP 16 (23 February 2021) February 25, 2021

RSS Bailii CRPD cases

  • Turner, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWHC 465 (Admin) (03 March 2021)0
    From England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) Decisions
  • KOROVINY v. RUSSIA - 31974/11 - Chamber Judgment [2014] ECHR 217 (27 February 2014)0
    From European Court of Human Rights
  • M.H. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 11577/06 - Chamber Judgment [2013] ECHR 1008 (22 October 2013)0
    From European Court of Human Rights
  • Sexual Offences and Capacity to Consent (LRC 109-2013) [2013] IELRC 109 (November 2013)0
    From Irish Law Reform Commission Papers and Reports
  • Stuart Bracking & Ors v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] EWCA Civ 1345 (06 November 2013)0
    From England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
  • X.Y. a minor suing by her guardian ad litem Raymond McEvoy v HSE [2013] IEHC 490 (07 November 2013)0
    From High Court of Ireland Decisions
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    From England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
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    From European Court of Human Rights
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    From Court of Justice of the European Communities (including Court of First Instance Decisions)
  • Z v A Government Department and the Board of Management of a Community School [2013] EUECJ C-363/12 (26 September 2013)0
    From Court of Justice of the European Communities (including Court of First Instance Decisions)

RSS MHLO updates

  • Mental health peer review guidance. LAA, 'Improving Your Quality in Mental Health' (v6, February 2021, published 2/3/21)
    — This is the same as LAA, 'Improving Your Quality in Mental Health' (v5, December 2020, published 4/1/20) but with some photographs added to make it look nicer.
  • Electronic statutory forms guidance. DHSC, 'Electronic communication of statutory forms under the Mental Health Act' (updated 13/1/21)
    — A new 'Annex A: further advice on possible scenarios' has been added in this version.

RSS Baillii Mental Health Act cases

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    From England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Decisions
  • JMK, Re [2018] EWCOP 5 (13 March 2018)0
    From England and Wales Court of Protection Decisions
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    From Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
  • PA096022016 [2018] UKAITUR PA096022016 (13 February 2018)0
    From United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments
  • P.L. -v- The Clinical Director of St. Patrick's University Hospital & Ors [2018] IECA 29 (14 February 2018)0
    From Irish Court of Appeal
  • Miller v Director of Public Prosecutions [2018] EWHC 262 (Admin) (15 February 2018)0
    From England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) Decisions
  • AA043492015 & AA39662015 [2018] UKAITUR AA043492015 (16 February 2018)0
    From United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments
  • IA049372015 & IA326222014 [2018] UKAITUR IA049372015 (21 February 2018)0
    From United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments
  • HU007512016 [2018] UKAITUR HU007512016 (23 February 2018)0
    From United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments
  • IA197922015 [2018] UKAITUR IA197922015 (1 March 2018)0
    From United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments

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