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Online safeguarding, capacity and rights to participation – in conversation with Professor Andy Phippen

Posted on 21 September 2022

In this ‘in conversation’ with Professor Andy Phippen, we talk about online safeguarding, capacity, and why Andy really dislikes the… Read more

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The MCA, advance decisions and shifting the dial – in conversation with Compassion in Dying

Posted on 6 July 2022

In a departure from my previous outings, I have recorded a three way conversation with Usha Grieve and Sarah Malik… Read more

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Mental capacity – challenges and commitment: in conversation with Ilora Finlay

Posted on 26 June 2022

In this conversation, I talk to Ilora Finlay (Baroness Finlay of Llandaff), the first Chair of the National Mental Capacity… Read more

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In the Shadows of the Institution – the film

Posted on 23 June 2022

Dr Lucy Series has recently written a book, entitled Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution (Bristol University Press,… Read more

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LPS and MCA Code consultation – further video Q&A (14 June)

Posted on 14 June 2022

Thanks very much to everyone who sent in questions about the LPS and MCA Code consultation.  I have done a… Read more

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Two (and a bit) years of talking to people from my shed

Posted on 5 June 2022

As I prepare to leave the shed for Edinburgh for the World Congress on Adult Capacity (real people in a… Read more

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ReSPECT, advance decision-making and capacity dilemmas – in conversation with Dr Zoë Fritz

Posted on 18 May 2022

In this conversation, I talk to Dr Zoë Fritz, Wellcome fellow in Society and Ethics and a Consultant in Acute… Read more

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Contraception, support and intellectual disability – in conversation with Jodie Rawles

Posted on 30 March 2022 Updated on 30 March 2022

In this conversation, I talk to Jodie Rawles about her research as part of the Mental Health & Justice project… Read more

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Deprivation of liberty in the shadows of the institution – in discussion with Dr Lucy Series

Posted on 29 March 2022 Updated on 29 March 2022

In this conversation, I ask Dr Lucy Series about her book Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution… Read more

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Implementing advance care plans in the peri-operative period – the anaesthetic perspective

Posted on 14 March 2022

In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Tim Meek, we discuss the role of anaesthetists before and during operations, how they… Read more

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    2 December 2025
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    2 December 2025
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  • Capacity and marriage – the changes brought about in Ireland by the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015

    26 November 2025
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    25 November 2025
    In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Dr Susannah Bowyer, Deputy Director at Research in Practice, about the recent... …Read More »
  • Communicating the communication limb of the capacity test

    24 November 2025
    Re BV (Medical Treatment – Renal Cancer: Nephrectomy) [2025] EWCOP 41 (T3) is a relatively ‘routine’ medical treatment case (without,... …Read More »

RSS National Archives Mental Capacity cases

  • Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council v EKK 27 November 2025
  • TKSD Care Homes & Training Ltd & Anor v Care Quality Commission 24 November 2025
  • BV (Medical Treatment) (Renal Cancer; Nephrectomy), Re 20 November 2025
  • Alastair James Bowerman v Ian Benjamin Bowerman & Ors 18 November 2025
  • Cole Taylor & Anor v Secretary of State for Justice 17 November 2025
  • Daly v His Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) 12 November 2025
  • Andrew James Riddle v NA 6 November 2025
  • RS (Best Interests: Surgery and Intensive Care), Re 5 November 2025
  • Andrew Grijns v Janice Grijns & Ors 5 November 2025
  • Kanta Kaur v Kouri Kaur & Ors 3 November 2025

RSS National Archives Mental Health Act cases

  • R v Sundeep Singh 28 November 2025
  • TKSD Care Homes & Training Ltd & Anor v Care Quality Commission 24 November 2025
  • BV (Medical Treatment) (Renal Cancer; Nephrectomy), Re 20 November 2025
  • Sahayb Abu v Secretary of State for Justice 18 November 2025
  • R v Gemma Lisa Hindmarch 30 October 2025
  • Adam Clive Scott v The Estate of Richard Norman Scott & Ors 29 October 2025
  • MK v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust & Anor 29 October 2025
  • Khamba & Ors v Harrow London Borough Council & Ors 29 October 2025
  • Medway Council v M & Anor (Assessment of capacity) 22 October 2025
  • Andrew Breeze & Anor v Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary 17 October 2025

RSS Mental Health Law Online updates

  • Case (Ombudsman complaint and tribunal). Hertfordshire County Council (LGSCO, 23 008 805)
  • Inadequate hospital. CQC, 'CQC rates St Andrews Healthcare Northampton as inadequate' (23 October 2025)
  • Update on LPS and revised Code. DHSC, 'Improved safeguarding and protections for vulnerable people' (press release, 18 October 2025)
  • Case (Aftercare complaint). Sheffield City Council (LGSCO, 25 002 630)
  • Case (SMI and DLA). TC v SSWP [2025] UKUT 356 (AAC)
  • Unofficial updates to MCA/DOLS Codes. Alex Ruck Keene, Victoria Butler-Cole and Neil Allen, 'Mental Capacity Act/DOLS Codes of Practice update' (20 November 2025)
  • Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 155, November 2025)
  • Job advert. TV Edwards LLP, London - Court of Protection (welfare) solicitor (listed until 27 February 2026).
  • Litigation. Law Society, 'Practice note: Mazur and the conduct of litigation' (18 November 2025)
  • Parole Board licence conditions. Parole Board, 'Licence conditions: Member guidance' (v2.1, October 2022)

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