Mental Capacity Consult

02/09/2025

Don't miss out on our upcoming training courses respectively scheduled for 24th and 27th September, 2025

Join our Mental Capacity Assessment & Report Writing Training and BIA Refresher to sharpen your skills, stay compliant, and write reports with confidence.

For further inquiries and bookings, please reach us at admin@mentalcapacityconsult.co.uk or 01634926062

21/08/2025

Application by members of Patricia's family to lift orders preventing nasogastric feeding by hospital staff where Patricia has a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.

The court acknowledged Patricia's strong opposition to forced treatment, her trauma, and the risk of psychological harm.

Get free access to the complete judgment in Patricia's Father & Ors v Patricia & Ors [ on CaseMine.

06/08/2025

Judgment concerning an urgent capacity assessment for AB, a 17 year old refusing nutrition.

Get free access to the complete judgment in Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board v AB & Anor [ on CaseMine.

30/07/2025

Decision concerning an 18 year old's capacity to decide on medical treatment.

Get free access to the complete judgment in Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v GWS & Ors (Capacity) (Rev 1) [ on CaseMine.

11/07/2025

The Applicants seek urgent declarations that AX lacks capacity to make decisions about the imminent birth of her second child and that it is her best interests to undergo an elective Caesarean section with associated care and treatment.

Get free access to the complete judgment in Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v AX [ on CaseMine.

02/07/2025

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Our “Testamentary Capacity” report provides professionals in the legal and estate planning fields with valuable insights into assessing an individual’s capacity to make a valid will. It covers the legal standards, assessment process, and challenges involved in determining testamentary capacity...

23/06/2025

This guidance sets out the Public Guardian’s position on a number of issues related to fixed costs that may be charged by professional and public authority deputies in line with Practice Direction 19B.

This guidance sets out the Public Guardian’s position on a number of issues related to fixed costs charged by professional and public authority deputies

18/06/2025

Join us for two virtual expert-led trainings designed to sharpen your skills and boost your legal literacy in practice.

✔ MENTAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT & REPORT WRITING FOR COURTS (Sep 24, 2025)
Gain extensive Knowledge on how to conduct a mental capacity assessment that lays emphasis on the law, the decisions to be made and its consequences.

✔ BEST INTEREST ASSESSORS REFRESHER (Sep 27, 2025)
Sharpen your skills and maintain excellence in your role as a Best Interest Assessor

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16/06/2025

Litigation Capacity : Revisited by the Court of Appeal and the Court of Protection.

Get free access to the complete judgment in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council [ on CaseMine.

23/05/2025

(Life and death) This applicant seeks a declaration in the Court of Protection that it is not in PK's best interests to receive clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (hereafter "CANH"). Without this he would pass away in a matter of days or weeks.

Get free access to the complete judgment in University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v PK & Anor [ on CaseMine.

25/04/2025

Court of Protection rules on privacy in proceedings involving a public figure with dementia.

The Court of Protection addressed the issue of privacy in proceedings concerning a former public figure with severe dementia, ultimately deciding to hold the hearings in private to protect the individual's and family's privacy against public curiosity.

Get free access to the complete judgment in W v P [ on CaseMine.

19/03/2025

The England and Wales Court of Protection (EWCOP) has decided that it retains jurisdiction over an incapacitated minor's property located in England, even though the UK-born child's family has moved her habitual residence to India.

Get free access to the complete judgment in Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation Ltd v KS & Ors [ on CaseMine.