Alex Ruck Keene
@Capacitylaw
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Barrister, writer and educator: mental capacity, mental health and healthcare ethics. Twitter used to share news; please email me: [email protected].
Joined June 2014
I lurk on Twitter from time to time but I only use it to share material from my website - it’s too compressed to use for comments. If you want to ask questions (and I like questions!) please email me at alex.ruckkeene@39essex.com.
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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and the NHS 10 Year Plan:
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Reposting this from last year as this issue keeps coming up: why thinking about capacity in the abstract is usually so unhelpful:
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Cross border mental capacity frameworks: new joint information note from the Law Societies of Scotland and England & Wales:
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Text for @LegalActionGrp Court of Protection Handbook 5th edition off to typesetters today - onwards and upwards, and thank you to the brilliant (and expanding) team of contributors!
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill update and updated questions:
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The importance of complying (and showing you've complied with) the procedural protections of the Mental Health Act 1983:
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39 Essex Chambers June 2025 Mental Capacity Report now out:
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Mental capacity and the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill:
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - what do expert bodies say? (And remember Jersey):
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The Court of Protection and the ‘slip rule’ – a clarification of the procedures:
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Advance decisions to refuse treatment – what (not) to do when it appears one may be in play:
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Compulsory mental health admission and treatment – the latest Strasbourg word:
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill updated with amendments likely to pass at Report stage, and updated questions:
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RT @P_Gooding: "Beyond the liberal subject: challenges in interpreting the CRPD, and the CRPD’s challenges to human rights" - Peter Barlett….
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RT @DrT_Gergel: @AoCuana @Capacitylaw @rosieleeduncan @TalenEJWright Have written something on AHDs in Ireland
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Advance choices across jurisdictions – mental health and physical health:
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Mental Health Bill Public Bill Committee call for evidence:
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RT @kesleeman: 🥳 Absolutely delighted to launch our Dementia Journeys website and publication. ⭐️Based on our 6 year EMBED-Care research p….
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RT @RightfulLives: From Lucy Series @TheSmallPlaces . Supported decision-making is back on the table! Thanks (again) to the Law Commission….
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