Confounding the expectations of those who had thought that the stalemate in Stormont meant there was no possibility that MCA… Read more
Tag: Northern Ireland
One stage closer – the NI Bill (mostly) survives Committee scrutiny
At its meeting on 25 January 2016, the Ad Hoc Joint Committee to Consider the Mental Capacity Bill agreed to… Read more
A defence of ‘fusion’ law
[I am very grateful to George Szmukler, Professor of Psychiatry and Society at the Institute of Psychiatry, KCL, for this… Read more
Throwing down the gauntlet – the mental capacity revolution in Northern Ireland
Introduction I spent a fascinating half day on 3 July attending (and speaking at) a conference organised in Belfast to… Read more