A short BLOG on something which I think provides a very useful tool for police officers – for that matter, many other professionals – to consider how to approach the issue of ‘capacity’ when vulnerable people are making decisions.  This was originally drawn to my attention by @meditude on Twitter and I’m very grateful for that. […]

To underline what I consider to be the importance of MS v UK, I want to do this short post just to highlight a couple of other blogs that have emerged to feed any thinking you may be doing on this case and it’s implications / ramifications. Interestingly – both are published on the UK […]

On 03rd May 2012, MS won his claim for a violation of Article 3 ECHR (inhumane and degrading treatment) after his arrest in 2004 under s136 Mental Health Act.  He was detained in a Birmingham police station and subsequently admitted to a regional medium secure unit after more than three days in a police cell.  If […]