"For caring family members caught up in a seemingly futile Court of Protection case, would it not spare the public purse + provide speedier justice if cases like ours could be sifted out long before they reach the judge’s bench?" openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/07/a-c…

#OliversCampaign I am angry NHS England Workforce, Training and Education have always been clear: people with a learning disability & autistic individuals delivering Oliver’s Training should be paid Band 5 rates Yet many charities with contracts to deliver it are paying minimum wage Not On My Watch Please retweet

** Now with link to the judgment (just published) A patient with “unusual” spiritual beliefs: Is withdrawing a feeding tube in his best interests? openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/08/a-p… via Open Justice Court of Protection Project

“There are more things in heaven and earth that are dreamt of in the philosophy of NHS treatment” – a Court of Protection story: mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/there-are-more…

Looking back at this 4 years on as another MCA-related Supreme Court case (this time about Deprivation of Liberty) is listed for (20th October 2025). What difference did this make on the ground? Capacity to engage in sex: Re. JB openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2021/11/26/cap… via Open Justice Court of Protection Project

Law and Belief: Navigating clinical certainty and spiritual conviction in the withdrawal of CANH clydeco.com/insights/2025/…

New blog post by Jenny Kitzinger on why the judgment in this case isn't "surprising + unusual" - how the media wrote about "secret lovers" + the high cost to the NHS of keeping PVS patients alive. Commentary: Re YD (Refusal of Withdrawal of Treatment) openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/20/com…

Media reporting of court judgment - ‘comatose man’s two secret lovers’ & messages via a spiritual medium…. My analysis of law & public reaction to this important case (refusal to withdraw feeding tube for patient in a vegetative state) JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/20/com…

Mental Capacity Act 2005 - a free course for families and carers edgetraining.org.uk/event-details/…

SCIE sounds the alarm on MCA reform – Mental Capacity Law and Policy: mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/scie-sounds-th…

At the margins of ‘Deprivation of Liberty’: On not losing myself - care and thoughtfulness from HHJ Beckley By Maggie Bruce-Konuah openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/09/01/at-… via Open Justice Court of Protection Project

HHJ Beckley was the first judge I ever observed as I was preparing for my CoP hearing. Observing him helped to allay my nerves. He is very welcoming to observers. I wish all judges were like him. A great new blog published by Open Justice Court of Protection Project

Esssential reading if (a) you are seeking to remove a professional Deputy or (b) you have a hearing before DJ Clarke. Decision to remove a professional deputy (without a fact-finding hearing): DJ Clarke in action openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/09/09/dec… via Open Justice Court of Protection Project

Safeguarding Mum: The “vile” judgment and the daughter’s story openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/09/05/saf… via Open Justice Court of Protection Project

Law Commission 14th programme of law reform - and a vulnerable adults project on the horizon? mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/law-commission…

I really enjoyed speaking with Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn and Daniel Clark at this conference

Darlington Borough Council v AW & Ors [2025] EWCOP 33 (T3) ift.tt/78Y1BQp

Revisiting Cheshire West - my thoughts on the upcoming Supreme Court case about 'valid consent' and deprivation of liberty thesmallplaces.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/rev…

On October 2025, the UK Supreme Court will be asked to re-consider its judgment in a case commonly referred to as "Cheshire West". In this blog, Daniel Clark explains the background to the case openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/07/rec…

The second in our series of blog posts about the upcoming "deprivation of liberty" case in the Supreme Court. Cheshire West Revisited By Lucy Series openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/09/che… via Open Justice Court of Protection Project