Textbooks

When Dave Sheppard retired in 2020 he kindly gave me permission to publish the contents of his website (originally named after his firm, "Dave Sheppard Associates", then called "MHAandMCA"). It is a treasure trove. I've not had time to prepare everything for publication but have put the main headings online: let me know if you would like a copy of anything listed.

International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law, No 24 (2018): pp.1-77

International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law, No 23 (2017): pp.84-149

International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law, No 23 (2017): pp.1-83

International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law, No 22 (2016): pp.71-143

International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law, No 22 (2016): pp.1-70

Journal of Mental Health Law (2000 - 2011)

Mental Health Act

Richard Jones, Mental Health Act Manual (20th Edition), Sweet and Maxwell, 2017

Brenda Hale, Mental Health Law (6th Edition), Sweet and Maxwell, 2017

Robert A. Brown, Paul Barber, Debbie Martin, Mental Health Law in England and Wales (3rd Edition), SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016

Mental Health Law Reports 1999 - current, Southside Legal Publishing

Sarah Dickens, A Clinician's Brief Guide to Children's Mental Health Law, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2016

Tony Zigmond, A Clinician's brief guide to the Mental Health Act (4th Edition), Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2016

Robert Brown, The Approved Mental Health Professional's Guide to Mental Health Law (4th Edition), Learning Matters - SAGE, 2016

Claire Barcham, The pocketbook guide to Mental Health Act assessments (2nd Edition), Open University Press, 2016

Sarah Johnston, Sophy Miles and Dr Claire Royston, Mental Health Tribunal Handbook, Legal Action Group, 2015

Sarah Matthews, Philip O'Hare, Jill Hemmington, Approved Mental Health practice, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Philip Fennell, Penny Letts and Jonathan Wilson, Mental Health Tribunals Law, Policy and Practice, The Law Society, 2013

Jonathan Butler, Mental Health Tribunals Law, Practice and Procedure (2nd Edition), Jordans, 2013

Kris Gledhill, Defending Mentally Disordered Persons, Legal Action Group, 2012

David Hewitt, The nearest relative handbook (2nd Edition), Jessica Kingsley, 2009

Anthony Harbour, Children with mental disorder and the law, Jessica Kingsley, 2008

Paul Bowen, Blackstone's Guide to The Mental Health Act 2007, Oxford, 2007

Ian Shaw, Hugh Middleton and Jeffrey Cohen, Understanding treatment without consent, Ashgate, 2007

Mental Capacity Act

Court of Protection Law reports, Jordans, 2008 - current

Gordon Ashton, Mental Capacity Law and Practice (4th Edition), Jordans, 2018

Rachel Hubbard and Kevin Stone, The Best Interests Assessor practice handbook, Policy Press, 2018

Camilla Kong, Alex Ruck Keene, Overcoming Challenges in the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018

Gordon Ashton OBE, Court of Protection Practice 2017, LexisNexis, 2017

Richard Jones, Mental Capacity Act Manual (7th Edition), Sweet and Maxwell, 2016

Bridgit Dimond, Legal aspects of Mental Capacity (2nd Edition), Blackwell Publishing, 2016

Geoffrey Shindler, Susan Sherry, Aldridge: Powers of Attorney (11th Edition), Sweet and Maxwell, 2016

Alex Ruck Keene, Kate Edwards, Professor Anselm Eldergill and Sophy Miles, Court of Protection Handbook (2nd Edition), Legal Action Group, 2016

Craig Ward, Lasting Powers of Attorney - a Practical Guide (3rd Edition), The Law Society, 2016

Christopher Johnston, Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law (3rd Edition), Bloomsbury Professional, 2016

Claire Wills-Goldingham QC, Marie Leslie, Dr Paul Divall, Court of Protection Made Clear: A User's Guide, Bath Publishing, 2016

Tim Farmer, Grandpa on a Skateboard: The practicalities of assessing mental capacity and unwise decisions, Rethink Press Limited, 2016

Aasya F Mughal and Steven Richards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Handbook, BooksWise, 2015

Her Honour Nazreen Pearce and District Judge Sue Jackson, Deprivation of Liberty: A Handbook, Jordans, 2015

Deprivation of Liberty Collected Guidance, The Law Society, 2015

Alex Ruck Keene, Assessment of Mental Capacity; a practical Guide for Doctors and Lawyers (4th Edition), The Law Society, 2015

Robert Brown, Paul Barber and Debbie Martin, The Mental Capacity Act 2005; a guide for practice (3rd Edition), Learning Matters, 2015

Matthew Graham and Jakki Cowley, A Practical Guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015

Richard Harper, Medical Treatment and the Law: Issues of consent, Family Law, 2014

Nazreen Pearce and Sue Jackson, Urgent applications in the Court of Protection (2nd edition), Jordans, 2014

Rebecca Jacob, Michael Gunn and Anthony Holland (Ed's), Mental Capacity Legislation: Principles and Practice, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2013

Denzil Lush, Cretney and Lush on lasting and enduring powers of attorney (7th Edition), Jordans, 2013

Marc Marin, The family lawyer and the court of protection, Family Law, 2010

Peter Bartlett, Blackstone's guide to The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (2nd Edition), Oxford, 2008

Aswini Weereratne, Sally Hatfield, Ulele Burnham and Alison Gerry, The Mental Capacity Act 2005, Lexis Nexis, 2008

Nicola Greaney, Fenella Morris and Beverley Taylor, Mental Capacity; a guide to the new law (2nd Edition), The Law Society, 2008

Other Michael Mandelstam, Care Act 2014, An A-Z of Law and Practice, 2017

Safeguarding adults under the Care Act 2014, Adi Cooper OBE and Emily White, 2017

The Social Worker's Guide to the Care Act 2014, Pete Feldon, 2017

Ann Stanyer, Financial Abuse of Older Clients: Law, Practice and Prevention, Bloomsbury Professional, 2017

Lee-Ann Fenge, Sally Lee, Keith Brown, Bournemouth University, Safeguarding Adults: Scamming and Mental Capacity, Learning Matters, 2017

Luke Clements, Community Care and the Law, Legal Action Group, 2017

Judith Laing and Jean McHale, Principles of Medical Law (4th Edition), Oxford Principles, 2017

Stephen Knafler QC, Adult Social Care Law, Legal Action Group, 2016

Christopher Johnston, Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law (3rd Edition), 2016

Christine Hutchison and Neil Hickman, Mental Health (Focus on Social Work Law), Macmillan Education UK, 2016

Andrew Molodynski, Jorun Rugkasa, and Tom Burns, Coercion in Community Mental Health Care International Perspectives, Oxford University Press, 2016

Professor Brendan D. Kelly, Mental Illness, Human Rights and the Law, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2016

Caroline Cross and Neil Garnham (Eds), The Inquest Book: The Law of Coroners and Inquests, Hart Publishing Ltd, 2016

Jonathan Herring, Vulnerable Adults and the Law, Oxford University, 2016

Tim Spencer-Lane, Care Act Manual (2nd Edition), Sweet & Maxwell, 2015

John Wadham, Helen Mountfield, Elizabeth Prochaska and Christopher Brown, Blackstone's guide to The Human Rights Act 1998 (7th Edition), Oxford, 2015

Michael Butler, A Practitioner's guide to Mental Health Law, Wildy, Simmonds and Hill, 2014

Alison Brammer, Safeguarding Adults, Focus on Social Work Law, 2014

Peter Barlett and Ralph Sandland, Mental Health Law; Policy and Practice, Oxford, 2014

Gordon Ashton and Caroline Bielanska, Elderly people and the law (2nd Edition), Jordans, 2014

Tony Harrop-Griffiths, et al, Dementia and the Law, Jordans, 2014

Richard Murphy and Philip Wales, Mental Health Law in Nursing, Learning Matters - SAGE, 2013

Michael Mandelstam, Community care practice and the law (4th edition), Jessica Kingsley, 2013

Michael Mandelstam, Safeguarding adults and the law (2nd Edition), Jessica Kingsley, 2013

Hairi Sewell (Ed), The Equality Act 2010 In Mental Health, Jessica Kingsley, 2013

Basant K. Puri, Robert A. Brown, Heather J. McKee and Ian H. Treasaden, Mental Health Law; a practical guide (2nd Edition), Hodder Arnold, 2012

Phil Fennell, Mental Health Law and Practice (2nd Edition), Jordans, 2011

Bernadette McSherry and Penelope Weller (Ed's), Rethinking Rights-Based Mental Health Laws, Hart, 2010

Caroline Bielanska, Martin Terrell and Gordon R. Ashton, Elderly Client Handbook, The Law Society, 2010

Anthony Maden and Tim Spencer-Lane, Essential Mental Health Law, Hammersmith Press, 2010

Lawrence Gostin, Peter Bartlett, Phill Fennell, Jean McHale and Ronnie Mackay (Ed's), Principles of Mental Health Law and Policy, Oxford, 2010

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