A couple of weeks ago I attended a free legal seminar in Birmingham put on by Weightman’s, a top law firm who have a number of lawyers specialising in mental health and capacity law.  It speaks to their experience they decided to pay for two barristers and also gave up two of their own solicitors […]

The Home Office has caught us all unawares this year with very early publication of their police powers data, which includes use of s136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. It normally comes towards the end of the calendar year but the last data took until after the New Year to publish.  It came out […]

Imagine a situation – but before you do, grab a cuppa or a soft drink because this one goes on a while! The officer raising the question raised a lot of issues and counterpoints in addition to posing me an exam-question to answer. Someone is arrested for an alleged offence, they are assessed in custody […]