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The Wider Context - February 2025

In the Wider Context Report: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and capacity, CCTV and care homes, and using the arts to be more creative in capacity assessment.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity ... Read more  

The Wider Context - December 2024

In the Wider Context Report: Assisted dying / assisted suicide developments, capacity and surrogacy and two important Strasbourg cases.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to d... Read more  

The Wider Context - November 2024

In the Wider Context Report: Strasbourg suggests that the Supreme Court was wrong in the Maguire case.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Wider Context Report.... Read more  

The Wider Context - October 2024

In the Wider Context Report: the Law Commission consults on disabled children’s social care law and the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights balances Articles 2 and 8 in the medical treatment context.For all of our reports, newsletters... Read more  

The Wider Context - September 2024

In the Wider Context Report: the limits of Article 3 in the context of the inherent jurisdiction, the CQC and covert medication and Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity L... Read more  

The Wider Context - July 2024

In the Wider Context Report: local authority consent to confinement, the Irish courts continue to grapple with the consequences of the framework, and Strasbourg pronounces on assisted dying. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit... Read more  

The Wider Context - June 2024

In the Wider Context Report: the inherent jurisdiction – a case, guidance, and a challenge from Ireland; the older child and medical treatment decisions – mental capacity or competence, and Capacity and contempt proceedings – what is the test? For a... Read more  

The Wider Context - May 2024

In the Wider Context Report: capacity, autonomy and the limits of the obligation to secure life, and the European Court of Human Right raises the stakes for psychiatric admission for those with learning disabilities. For all of our reports, newslett... Read more  

The Wider Context - April 2024

In the Wider Context Report: a snapshot into litigation capacity and Jersey sheds light on the concrete realities of assisted dying / suicide. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre. Click... Read more  

The Wider Context - March 2024

In the Wider Context Report: when not to try CPR, developments in the context of assisted dying / assisted suicide and with Martha’s Rule, and news from Ireland. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Reso... Read more  
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