Scotland

In the Scotland Report: the interim review of the Scott Mental Health Law Review under scrutiny and recent developments from Scottish Government.Click here for the Mental Capacity Report ScotlandFor all of our reports, newsletters and cases please vi... Read more  

In the Scotland Report: discharge from hospital without proper consideration of ECHR rights.Click here for the Mental Capacity Report Scotland.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre. Read more  

In the Scotland Report: a new Chief Executive for the Mental Welfare Commission, MWC publications, and what COVID-19 has revealed about ageism and disability discrimination.Click here for the Mental Capacity Report Scotland.For all of our reports, ne... Read more  

In the Scotland Report: the human rights blind spot in thinking about discharge from hospital in the context of COVID-19.Click here for the Mental Capacity Report Scotland.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity... Read more  

In the Scotland Report: the Scott Review summary of responses to its initial survey and a response from the Chair to the critique in our last issue.Click here for the Mental Capacity Report Scotland.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases pleas... Read more  

In the Scotland Report: the interim report of the Scott Review critiqued.Click here for the Mental Capacity Report Scotland.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre. Read more  

In the Scotland Report: further updates relating to the evolution of law and practice in response to Covid-19. We also note that 9 May 2020 was the 20th Anniversary of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 receiving Royal Assent.Click here f... Read more  

In the Scotland Report: the response of the legal community to AWI law and practice under COVID-19, and an update from the Mental Health Law Review.Click here for the Mental Capacity Report Scotland.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases pleas... Read more  

In the Scotland Report: the DEC:IDES trial.Click here for the Mental Capacity Report ScotlandFor all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre. Read more  

In the Scotland Report: an important judgment on guardianship and deprivation of liberty, a judicial review of conditions of excessive security and further observations on the operation of 'foreign' powers of attorney in England & Wales from the ... Read more