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Neil Allen @NeilAllen39

Barrister (@39EssexChambers) and Director of LPS Law Ltd

Joined July 2012
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Neil Allen
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Jun 13
Cheshire West has been overruled. Amidst the noise, join me to learn how to implement the new ruling. AGNI: a half-day online masterclass on the test that now applies, for hospitals and care homes. 9.30am–1pm: 26 June, 10, 17 & 21 July. £75 inc VAT. For BIAs, assessors, AMHPs, DoLS teams and authorisers. LPS Members pay ~£52 (30% off), and at £59/year one course nearly covers it: lpslaw.co.uk/members/ Book: lpslaw.co.uk/lawlive/agni/

LPS Members

Join Neil Allen from 39 Essex Chambers for his interactive live courses covering the Mental Capacity Act, DoLS, Mental Health Act 1983 and LPS implementation for health and social care.

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DHSC AGNI guidance: gov.uk/government/publicatio… How to implement it: lpslaw.co.uk/lawlive/agni/

UK Supreme Court 2026 judgment on what constitutes a deprivation of liberty

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Today’s my first DoS refresher course since AGoNI coming out. Could get interesting 😅
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The AGoNI of the post-Cheshire West era…
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Jun 5
39 Essex Chambers June 2026 Mental Capacity Report – and AGNI: mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.o…
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So what now is a DOL?! I’ll tackle it in next Thursday’s DoLS refresher. Tickets available here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/biadols-r…
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Neil Allen
@NeilAllen39
May 29
Anyone free at 1pm on Tuesday? Asking for a friend 🗽
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2 June 2026 is when the Northern Ireland judgment is being handed down… Brace yourself!
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May 21
A word from our sponsor … 🤣 supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2…
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Michael Brown 🌍@MentalHealthCop
May 22
RECENT BLOG - "No Warrant, No Police" “No warrant, no police is a genuinely stupid and dangerous idea." mentalhealthcop.com/2026/03/…

No Warrant, No Police

In a recent training event with Approved Mental Health Professionals, the subject came up (AGAIN and AGAIN, actually) about what I call “no warrant, no police” – This is the pract…

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A word from our sponsor … 🤣 supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2…
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After 6 months of torment, I'm excited to say the new LPS Law website is now live, with everything in one place: LawLive, CineLaw, LawPlay, and the Members area (course discounts, practitioner tools and more). Take a look! lpslaw.co.uk

LPS Law — Law put simply

Mental health and capacity law training from Neil Allen, barrister at 39 Essex Chambers.

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Michael Brown 🌍@MentalHealthCop
Apr 30
NEW BLOG - "Tramlines, Not Guidelines" A new Preventing Future Deaths report sees a coroner using a memorable turn of phrase to highlight a particular problem in the way policy is implemented. mentalhealthcop.com/2026/04/…

Tramlines, Not Guidelines

Lisa Taylor-Penny died in 2025 after self-injury and the inquest into her death concluded in Cheshire with a very sad narrative verdict just a few months ago. Yesterday, His Majesty’s Coroner…

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Alex Ruck Keene@Capacitylaw
Apr 20
Book review: Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults: Law and Practice in the Court of Protection and the Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court: mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.o…

Book review: Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults: Law and Practice in the Court of Protection...

Book Review: Oliver Lewis, Coercive Control and Vulnerable Adults: Law and Practice in the Court of Protection and the Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court (Bloomsbury, 2026, 242 pp, hardback / …

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Alex Ruck Keene@Capacitylaw
Apr 17
The next National Mental Capacity Forum Webinar will focus on applying the Mental Capacity Act in the context of homelessness and addiction. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 29 April, 2026, noon to 1pm - free but registration required. essex-university.zoom.us/web…

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom...

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Charlie Hills
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Apr 15
Stanford just tested whether LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters’ AI legal research tools are really “hallucination-free,” as they claim. Spoiler: not even close. Here’s what the study found.
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Apr 14
'How police approaches to mental health incidents are putting people at risk' - Community Care ⬇️ communitycare.co.uk/content/…

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Last tickets available for DoLS refresher on 16 April: eventbrite.co.uk/e/biadols-r… eventbrite.co.uk/e/biadols-r…

BIA/DOLS refresher training

Are you a BIA, mental health assessor or paid RPR? Update your knowledge of, and confidence in using, the deprivation of liberty safeguards.

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Alex Ruck Keene@Capacitylaw
Apr 1
Court of Protection Handbook - April 2026 update: mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.o…

Court of Protection Handbook – April 2026 update

The quarterly update to the Court of Protection Handbook is now up, covering such matters as the flurry of cases concerning personal welfare deputies, disclosure of position statements, and the new…

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