mental capacity – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

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Living the MCA in practice – in conversation with Lorraine Currie

In the latest ‘in conversation with’, I talk to Lorraine Currie about her twin perspectives on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, as a social worker … Read More ›

Capacity, Case comments, Practice and Procedure

Litigation capacity and litigation friends – news from the civil courts

In a judgment relating to the business affairs of the Hinduja family (Hinduja v Hinduja & Ors [2020] EWHC 1533 (Ch)) Falk J, sitting in … Read More ›

39 Essex Chambers Capacity Guide updated

The 39 Essex Chambers Guide to carrying out and recording capacity assessments has been updated, in particular to add a section about remote assessments, and … Read More ›

Capacity, Case comments, Sexual relations

The Court of Appeal, decision-making capacity and sex: have we been getting it all wrong?

The Court of Appeal in A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735 has made clear that we have been asking the wrong question … Read More ›

Parole Board hearings, participation and impaired decision-making capacity

In R(EG) v Parole Board & Ors [2020] EWHC 1457 (Admin), May J considered the requirements for effective participation in the parole process in the … Read More ›

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Capacity, complexity and time – a discussion with Gareth Owen

The latest ‘in conversation from the shed’ is with the psychiatrist, Dr Gareth Owen, in which we discuss what makes some capacity assessments complex, some … Read More ›

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The shedinar series – the IMCA conversation

Following on from my conversation with Dr Mark Taubert about advance care planning, I have recorded a conversation with Jakki Cowley, an inspirational Independent Mental … Read More ›

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Advance care planning – in conversation with Dr Mark Taubert

The palliative care consultant Dr Mark Taubert and I have recorded a two-part conversation about the interaction between law and medicine in the context of … Read More ›

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The ‘shed series’ so far

For those who have time to kill over the long weekend, a reminder of the shed series of webinars I have done, including: Capacity – … Read More ›

Race, culture and capacity – in conversation with Dr Lade Smith CBE
August 4, 2020
In the latest ‘in conversation with,’ Dr Lade Smith CBE and I discuss the ways in which capacity assessments under …Read More »
So the LPS are delayed until April 2022 – what should I do now?
August 3, 2020
The slides and the recording of my shedinar about this from Friday 31 July 2020 are now available here, looking …Read More »
Court of Protection Handbook – August 2020 Quarterly Update
August 1, 2020
The quarterly update on the COPH website to the third edition of the Handbook is now out, bringing the book …Read More »
Deprivation of liberty and 16/17 year olds shedinar
July 29, 2020
In this shedinar, Dr Camilla Parker and I discuss the complexities of the law relating to deprivation of liberty in …Read More »
Ducks, hats and deprivation of liberty – the Upper Tribunal grapples with conditional discharge
July 29, 2020
In MC v Cygnet Behavioural Health Ltd and SSJ [2020] UKUT 230 (AAC), UTJ Jacobs confirmed that the decision of …Read More »

Suicide and homicide report. NCISH, 'Annual Report: England, NI, Scotland and Wales' (13/12/19)
— "The 2019 annual report from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) provides findings relating to people who died by suicide in 2007-2017 across all UK countries. Additional findings are presented on the number of people convicted of homicide, and those under mental health care."
Case (Article 2 inquests and community patients). Re Lee [2019] MHLO 73 (Coroner)
— The coroner, following the Administrative Court decision that she had failed properly to address the Article 2 operational duty as set out in the Rabone case, in this decision sets out reasons for concluding that (a) the operational duty was not neither engaged nor breached.
Case (Article 2 inquests and community patients). R (Lee) v HM Assistant Coroner for Sunderland [2019] EWHC 3227 (Admin)
— The coroner had decided that Article 2 was not engaged in this case, which involved the death of a community patient who was not subject to the MHA. (1) In relation to the operational duty, the coroner's decision had focussed almost exclusively on the question of responsibility rather than the "threefold factors of assumed […]
Conclusion of s2 listing window consultation. Tribunal Procedure Committee, 'Responses to the consultation (on changes to the s2 listing window) and reply from the TPC' (23/6/20)
— The TPC made the proposed changes (10 days instead of 7 for listing s2 hearings), plus an explicit power to ignore the deadline. The change was a temporary response to the coronavirus pandemic, and its effects will be monitored before a a final decision is made. There were 60 responses, including from two organisations […]
Welsh tribunal coronavirus PD. Practice Direction: MHRT for Wales: Coronavirus COVID-19 (30/3/20)
— This practice direction sets out the procedure for a period of 6 months. (1) During the pandemic, preliminary medical examinations will not be "practicable" owing to health risk. (2) Hearings will be held by telephone or video, unless dispensed with entirely (when a hearing would be impractical or involve undesirable delay, sufficient evidence is […]

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