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Overwhelming desires and capacity – in conversation with Dr Joe Gough

Posted on 5 February 2026

In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Joe Gough, we discuss some of the fruits of his British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship… Read more

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Learning disability, access to justice, and the role of the law (and lawyers) – in conversation with Rosie Harding

Posted on 8 September 2024

In this ‘in conversation’ with Professor Rosie Harding, we talk about the Co-Producing Accessible Legal Information (COALITION) Project, which has… Read more

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Mental health, coercion, lived experience and what is truly important – in conversation with Graham Morgan MBE

Posted on 21 December 2023 Updated on 21 December 2023

In the last ‘in conversation’ of 2023, I talk to Graham Morgan MBE about his perspective on coercion in mental… Read more

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The Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law – in conversation with Professors Brendan Kelly and Mary Donnelly

Posted on 27 November 2023 Updated on 27 November 2023

In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to the editors of the new Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law, Professors… Read more

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Questioning our presumptions about the presumption of capacity – in conversation with Isabel Astrachan and Dr Scott Kim

Posted on 19 October 2023

In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Isabel Astrachan and Dr Scott Kim about the paper we recently published… Read more

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The mental capacity and mental health law and policy landscape – a stocktake

Posted on 24 August 2023

As (for some at least) a summer break is starting to come to an end, I have recorded a version… Read more

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The MCA and money – new shedinar

Posted on 16 August 2023

In this shedinar, recorded in August 2023, I explain how the MCA applies when thinking about people’s money, property and… Read more

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Updated MCA/MHA interface shedinar

Posted on 15 August 2023

To take account of the judgment in Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v JS & Others (Schedule 1A Mental… Read more

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February 2023 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report and walkthrough

Posted on 2 February 2023

The February 2023 Mental Capacity Report is now out.  Highlights this month include:  (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation… Read more

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A long-term perspective in capacity: in conversation with Dr Janet Weston

Posted on 31 January 2023

In the most recent (slightly snuffly) in conversation, I talk to Dr Janet Weston about her fascinating book Looking after Miss… Read more

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Recent Posts

  • Capacity, presumptions and doubts – the Court of Appeal clarifies

    15 September 2026
    In TDB v London Borough of Haringey [2026] EWCA Civ 1168, the Court of Appeal has clarified the role that... …Read More »
  • Capacity, the ‘support principle’ and assisted dying – the case of learning disability

    10 September 2026
    One of the consequences of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill cross-referring directly to the Mental Capacity Act... …Read More »
  • Case management and the Court of Protection – a wild idea [guest post)

    10 September 2026
    [This is a guest post by Victoria Butler-Cole KC, a colleague of mine at 39 Essex Chambers, co-founder of the... …Read More »
  • Suicide prevention and assisted dying – managing the tension

    9 September 2026
    Suicide prevention is understood as a multi-agency public health endeavour aimed at reducing suicide deaths through a combination of individual... …Read More »
  • Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill updated briefings from the Complex Life and Death Decisions Group

    7 September 2026
    The second reading of Lauren Edwards’ Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is on Friday 11 September.  Together with my Complex... …Read More »

RSS feed: National Archives Mental Capacity cases National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • TDB, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Haringey 15 September 2026
  • Various Applications in respect of ‘Direct Payments’, Re 10 September 2026
  • KDS v EUI Limited 9 September 2026
  • AR (Whether restrictions amount to a deprivation of liberty), Re 4 September 2026
  • Derby City Council v SM 3 September 2026
  • Julie Marie Croll v The Estate of Margaret Mary Thorpe & Ors 28 August 2026
  • NHS North East London ICB v FHR & Ors 26 August 2026
  • Lindsay Bisiker v Judith Ann Bisiker & Ors 24 August 2026
  • Argyll and Bute Council v RF (No 2) (Registration under Sch 3 MCA 2005) 19 August 2026
  • Angela Ritchie v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 18 August 2026

RSS feed: National Archives Mental Health Act cases National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • Fiona Hodge & Ors v R 16 September 2026
  • Darren Osment v R 15 September 2026
  • E (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order: Public Law Proceedings), Re 10 September 2026
  • DOL, R (on the application of) v Southampton City Council 28 August 2026
  • R v Ellis Coulson 21 August 2026
  • T (A Child: Traumatic Injuries), Re 18 August 2026
  • Yaa Foriwaa Appiah & Anor v Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 12 August 2026
  • Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust v CG (by their litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) & Anor 7 August 2026
  • Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council v AD 5 August 2026
  • Nottinghamshire County Council v LM & Anor 4 August 2026

RSS feed: Mental Health Law Online updates Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Welsh Measure Code. Welsh Government, 'Code of Practice to Parts 2 and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010' (2012)
  • English/Welsh differences. Law Society, 'Practice note: Differences in English and Welsh law' (10 September 2026)
  • Case (Aftercare complaint). London Borough of Islington (LGSCO, 25 019 236)
  • Case (Delay to discharge). Lancashire County Council (LGSCO, 24 022 487)
  • Case (Service charge wrongly charged under s117). London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LGSCO, 25 027 355)
  • COP/inherent jurisdiction book. Oliver Lewis, Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults (Bloomsbury 2026)
  • Event. PELT: Introduction to using COP including s21A appeals and AGNI (online, 2 December 2026)
  • Event. PELT: MCA, new definition of DOL and implications of AGNI (online, 25 November 2026)
  • Event. PELT: Introduction to MHA and Code, including DOL/AGNI (online, 18 November 2026)
  • Event. PELT: Law Society approved 2 day MHT Course (online, 8-9 October 2026)

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