Human Rights

In this article, I’d like to introduce you to the newly refreshed National Mental Capacity Forum, and encourage you to join! Why should we join the Forum? The Mental Capacity…

We’ve all recognised that there are some challenges with the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). Particularly since the Supreme Court clarified their view of what deprivation of liberty looks like…

One of my all-time favourite films is The Blues Brothers, where Carrie Fisher’s character, who had been stood up at the altar, is on a crazy quest to kill the…

I’ve been thinking a lot about what works well, and what perhaps doesn’t work so well, when social care professionals try to empower people who might lack mental capacity to…

A senior judge in the Court of Protection has just brought out guidance, on how to enable people who might lack capacity to take part in the Court cases about…

Scams are becoming more and more common and the National Trading Standards Scams Team, bless their hearts, are as worried as the rest of us. Like me, they’re particularly worried…

  Does the MCA Mean we must always let someone take terrible risks? Jim has a fairly severe learning disability. He can only say a few words; his family often…

I recently learned about Mrs. P, whose court case has just been reported. This lady had worked all her life, and owns her own home, together with good investments and…