39 Essex Street, 'Mental Capacity Law Newsletter' (issue 36, August 2013)
Mental capacity law newsletter "[A]s time has gone on we have covered an ever-increasing range of matters related to mental capacity, and our self-imposed remit now extends far beyond the Court of Protection. To that end, we have renamed this newsletter the Mental Capacity Law newsletter more accurately to reflect its contents." The cases mentioned in this issue are: Y County Council v ZZ [2012] EWHC B34 (COP), [2012] MHLO 179 (COP) — Sandwell MBC v RG [2013] EWHC 2373 (COP), [2013] MHLO 55 — Lorraine Studholm Feltham v Freer Bouskell [2013] EWHC 1952 (Ch)Not on Bailii! — Ali v Caton & Anor [2013] EWHC 1730 (QB)B — Harrison v South Tyneside Council HM Land Registry Adjudicator Decision Ref/2012/886 — Jeffery & Anor v Jeffery [2013] EWHC 1942 (Ch)B — JMcA’s Application [2013] NIQB 77B. There is also information under the following headings: (a) The Official Solicitor is on the move; (b) EU Fundamental Rights Agency Report on Capacity; (c) Update on House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005; (d) Draft Guidance on Publication of Judgments; (e) Law Commission Discussion Paper on Insanity and Automatism in criminal law; (f) Irish Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill; (g) Mark Neary’s blog.