In this first blog, Dr Rebecca Poz, a well-known and respected medico-legal expert who frequently appears in the Court of Protection, addresses her practical experience of capacity assessment and comments on the recent advent of the vaccine programme to her patients.
Dr Poz is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist for the Older People’s Mental Health Service in and around East Anglia. She works in the NHS and the charitable sector. The views expressed in this blog are her personal views.
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It is with great pleasure that Deka Chambers announces that Eleanor Mawrey has been appointed as King’s Counsel in the Ministry of Justice’s new Silk appointments published today, 23rd of January 2026. Eleanor Mawrey is an experienced barrister practising in serious crime and is ranked in the Financial…
Thom Dyke was instructed by the CPS to prosecute a man accused of a nine-year campaign of rape and sexual abuse against his young daughter. He was convicted after standing trial at the Crown Court at Croydon last September. Passing a sentence of thirty years’ imprisonment,…
The Supreme Court has ruled that claims for compensation by a man who killed three people, but was acquitted by a jury in the Crown Court on the grounds of insanity, are barred by the doctrine of illegality. The Claimant, Mr Lewis-Ranwell, sought damages from…
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