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News
Mental Capacity Report – July 2020
Welcome to the July 2020 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: LPS delayed to April 2022; alcohol dependence and… Read more »
Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report – July 2020
In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: LPS delayed to April 2022; alcohol dependence and other capacity conundrums; stem cell donation and altruism, and when to come to… Read more »
Property and Affairs Report – July 2020
In the Property and Affairs Report: updated OPG guidance on making LPAs under light-touch lockdown and a face-off between potential professional deputies. Click here to download the Property and Affairs… Read more »
Practice and Procedure Report – July 2020
In the Practice and Procedure Report: a basic guide to the CoP; litigation capacity and litigation friends and observations about intermediaries and lay advocates Click here for the Practice and… Read more »
Wider Context Report – July 2020
In the Wider Context Report: capacity and the Mental Health Tribunal, a change of approach to s.117 aftercare and lessons learned from a close encounter with triage. Click here for… Read more »
Mental Capacity Report: Scotland – July 2020
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… Read more »
Rapid Response Guidance Note: Covid-19, Social Distancing and Mental Capacity
The Court of Protection team have been asked to advise on a number of occasions as to the legal position where a person (“P”) lives in the community and declines… Read more »
Mental Capacity Report – June 2020
Welcome to the June 2020 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal presses the reset button… Read more »
Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report – June 2020
In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal presses the reset button in relation to capacity and sexual relations, and three difficult medical treatment decisions…. Read more »
Property and Affairs Report – June 2020
In the Property and Affairs Report: the impact of grief on testamentary capacity Click here to download the Property and Affairs Report. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases… Read more »
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