Estimated reading time at 200 wpm: 1 minute
2026-04-25
The Full Monty: Why Psychiatrists Should Study Law Properly – With Caution
2026-03-28
The Five Pillars: How MIM and Paul Guarded the Floodgates
2025-10-24
National Scandal: No beds could mean death
2025-08-24
The Reach of the Law in Mental Health Services and Psychiatry
2025-08-03
Dissecting Section 62(1) Mental Health Act 1983: Treatment Authority and Non-delegation
2025-08-03
Responsibility and consultant psychiatrists
2025-02-22
Negligence in UK Law – Part 1
Estimated reading time at 200 wpm: 38 minutesOver the years, a particular question has been put to me with enough regularity that it has ceased to feel coincidental. It comes, typically, from a colleague in higher psychiatric training — someone …
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The Five Pillars: How MIM and Paul Guarded the Floodgates
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Estimated reading time at 200 wpm: 56 minutesI. Introduction The Discomfort – There is something about the judgment in MIM v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [UKSC 202] that troubles the ordinary sense of justice. A father, present throughout …
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National Scandal: No beds could mean death
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Estimated reading time at 200 wpm: 9 minutesJack Peatling was a 20-year-old man diagnosed with anxiety and depression, with a clinical history marked by multiple prior suicide attempts, including two serious attempts on 29 May 2023. On 30 May 2023, …
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National Scandal: No beds could mean death
Estimated reading time at 200 wpm: 9 minutesJack Peatling was a 20-year-old man diagnosed with anxiety and depression, with a clinical history marked by multiple prior suicide attempts, including two serious attempts on 29 May 2023. On 30 May 2023, …
2025-08-24
The Reach of the Law in Mental Health Services and Psychiatry
Estimated reading time at 200 wpm: 5 minutesThe legal and clinical landscape of psychiatric services is governed by an intricate and interconnected web of statutory duties that extend to both the individual practitioner and the service as a corporate body. …
2025-08-03
Dissecting Section 62(1) Mental Health Act 1983: Treatment Authority and Non-delegation
Estimated reading time at 200 wpm: 15 minutesThis article aims to dissect and clarify intricate aspects of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA), particularly regarding treatment authorisation under Section 58 and emergency powers under S62(1). This is vital for all …