Neil Allen

AGNI masterclass feedback this month: 69% "awesome!", 29% "very good" (243 responses). So the masterclasses are returning after Summer on 10 Sept, 29 Sept, 7 Oct, 23 Oct, 4 Nov, 9.30am-1pm. £75 inc VAT per person; discounted £950+VAT for up to 30 staff per course: lpslaw.co.uk/lawlive/agni/

How did I not know about this new music venue in central Manchester! Where’s that come from?! #freya 🙄

News from last week: the first reported AGNI DoLS case challenging a dodgy urgent authorisation, where P's objection tipped it into a deprivation of liberty; a calmer man on Risperidone doesn't prove he's content; and the JCHR pressing the Government on AGNI. lpslaw.co.uk/news/

The first DoLS case applying AGNI: bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCOP/20…

This week in mental health & capacity law: Re PK & MK holds the Care Act and MCA gave adequate Article 8 protection after AGNI, with no need for continuing court review, though other cases may differ. Also a finely balanced mastectomy best interests decision. lpslaw.co.uk/news/

Three bits of news from the past week: a 16-year-old on 3:1 staffing behind locked doors found not deprived of liberty after AGNI; LPAs invalid because of who signed as certificate provider; and the October Mental Capacity Report: lpslaw.co.uk/news/

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Two from this week: the Court of Appeal says if capacity is in doubt, assess it before the Care Act assessment is done - but capacity to make which decision? And in Derby, 2:1 support and locked doors weren't a deprivation of liberty. lpslaw.co.uk/news/

Three from this week: HHJ Hilder says managing direct payments needs its own deputyship authority (retrospective if you already do it); the assisted dying Bill falls 270-286; and no part of s.117 accommodation can be charged to the patient. The details: lpslaw.co.uk/news/

Re AR, the fullest run at AGNI yet: a man under constant supervision and occasional restraint who is not, says the court, deprived of his liberty. Summary: lpslaw.co.uk/news/ My AGNI half-days run 10 & 29 Sept, 7 & 23 Oct, 4 Nov - £75, 9.30-1pm: lpslaw.co.uk/lawlive/agni/

The first proper judicial look at AGNI at Tier 2. A very thoughtful analysis with interesting ideas, although suggesting a disabled comparator at [35] will no doubt be further debated in due course. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov…

Three from the past week: a judge losing patience with six years of argument over whether P was vegetative or minimally conscious; a court reading contradictory non-verbal signals as P's wishes; and £25k for eight years in the wrong placement. The details: lpslaw.co.uk/news/