Specialist medical negligence solicitors who have been contacted by more than 100 people who have experienced compulsive behaviour after taking medication for conditions including restless leg syndrome have now written to a regulator urging it to improve the information available to patients.

Switalskis Court of Protection team brought together leading voices from the legal, healthcare and social care sectors in Leeds last week to discuss the practical challenges facing people working with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Shoaib Mohammed, 34, has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to a series of sexual offences against a teenage girl.

Uraz rdzenia kręgowego może całkowicie zmienić życie poszkodowanego. Nawet częściowe uszkodzenie rdzenia kręgowego może prowadzić do przewlekłego bólu, zaburzeń czucia i ruchu oraz konieczności istotnych zmian w codziennym funkcjonowaniu.

Television often plays an important role in bringing difficult and often uncomfortable subjects into the public discussion. Two recent storylines in Hollyoaks and EastEnders have done exactly that, exploring the grooming of young girls by adults who have been placed in positions of trust and authority.

At the 2026 Switalskis Mental Capacity Act Conference, Pippa Pudney of Serjeants’ Inn Chambers explored how information relevant to different capacity decisions can overlap, and the challenges this creates for Court of Protection practitioners.

At this year’s Switalskis MCA Conference, District Judge Anderson offered attendees a personal perspective on life as a judge sitting in the Court of Protection.

Acting as an executor carries responsibility not only for collecting and distributing an estate, but also for keeping an accurate record of how the estate has been administered. In this blog, we explore what an executor must disclose about an estate.