Free webinars?

Interested in any free webinars linked to MHA/MHT :slight_smile:

I tend to find free webinars on the MCA & MHA in these places (i focus on MCA but i do see MHA webinars mentioned) - Media Centre: latest news and events | Weightmans, Events | Bevan Brittan LLP, Insights | Browne Jacobson (less so recently here), Events | 39 Essex Chambers and Events |Hill Dickinson… I would love to know what other places people find good quality free webinars/talks if anyone has any recommendations… A great collection of pre-recorded webinars can also be found here (mostly MCA focused but a few linked to MHA) - Shedinars – Mental Capacity Law and Policy… I have kept a list of all the free MCA webinars/talks that have been made available over the past 3 years that i would be happy to post here if anyone was interested.

See here as an example - Case Law Update – Mental Health Act 1983 | Bevan Brittan LLP, " * Webinar | Thursday 9 October 2025 | 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 Hour - Hannah Taylor will be joined by Rhys Hadden from Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, who will consider key case law and important updates from the past 12 months relating to Mental Health Act 1983.Rhys Hadden specialises in all matters relating to mental capacity and mental health”

I should also say that i am in no way affiliated with any of these organisations, i have just found their talks/webinars incredibly helpful.

For anyone interested, my list of freely available MCA webinars/podcasts from the past couple of years.

Free to access MCA webinar collection (2023 to 2025)

Capacity Assessments

Capacity – the fundamentals

Practical and Legal Guidance for Assessing Capacity | Bevan Brittan LLP

Questioning our presumptions about the presumption of capacity – in conversation with Isabel Astrachan and Dr Scott Kim – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Necessary and unnecessary complexity in decision-making capacity – and ‘lifestyle choice’ – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Speech and Language Therapy and the Second Principle of the MCA - Autonomy Project

Fluctuating Capacity - Autonomy Project

Executive Dysfunction and the MCA - Autonomy Project

What to do when P won’t engage in a capacity assessment?

Decision-Making with 16 to 18 Year Olds - Autonomy Project

The Legal Framework for Clinical Decision-Making | Bevan Brittan LLP

Medication and Mental Capacity | Bevan Brittan LLP

Best interests

Best interests – the fundamentals

Families and the MCA - Autonomy Project

Deputyships and Lasting Powers of Attorney for Property and Affairs | Bevan Brittan LLP

Deprivation of Liberty

Deprivation of liberty – the fundamentals

Deprivation of Liberty and 16/17 Year Olds - Autonomy Project

Deprivation of Liberty in Hospital (+16yrs) – Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act or off to court we go? | Bevan Brittan LLP

Deprivation of Liberty - Joanna Crichton (youtube.com)

Safeguarding/MCA webinars and podcasts (The Public Law Podcast | 39 Essex Chambers) :

Everyone’s Business Episode 16: Getting safeguarding investigations right | 39 Essex Chambers

Safeguarding Question Time 2024 | 39 Essex Chambers

Everyone’s Business Episode 19: Information sharing, disinformation and misinformation in Safeguarding | 39 Essex Chambers

Everyone’s Business Episode 20: How far can the inherent jurisdiction go | 39 Essex Chambers see also The inherent jurisdiction of the High Court in relation to adults and What is the inherent jurisdiction for vulnerable adults and when might it apply? | Bevan Brittan LLP

Mental capacity matters more broadly

The shedinar series – the Court of Protection – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

The MCA & Hospital Discharge - Autonomy Project

An Introduction to the Court of Protection for Medical Practitioners | 39 Essex Chambers

Recent Developments in Medical best interests | 39 Essex Chambers

The Mental Health Act/Mental Capacity Act interface – see also Everything you wanted to know about s.117 Mental Health Act 1983 but were afraid to ask | 39 Essex Chambers

DNACPR notices and advance care planning

The MCA and 16/17 year olds

The MCA and money

Charging, the Care Act and capacity – in conversation with Arianna Kelly – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

When P is an Offender | 39 Essex Chambers

Alcohol Related Brain Damage and Mental Capacity – see also ARBD Videos – ARBD

Understanding hoarding: Bridging research and practice / New perspectives on hoarding behaviours… from psychology, law & social care. 1 February 2024 (youtube.com)

Pet Owners, Protected Parties and Patients | Bevan Brittan LLP

Mental Capacity Conundrums: Putting the Law in Context (youtube.com)

National Mental Capacity Forum Events & Resources - Autonomy Project

Shedinar: the (dread) MHA/MCA interface – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

How to read a Court of Protection judgment

Anorexia and the Court of Protection | 39 Essex Chambers