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39 Essex Chambers is a leading set based in London, Manchester, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Our barristers offer a depth of expertise in a range of specialist sectors and practice areas.
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Rapid Response Guidance Note: Vaccination and Mental Capacity
The Court of Protection team has been asked to advise on a number of occasions as to the legal position in relation to vaccination for COVID-19. What follows is a… Read more »
Mental Capacity Report – June 2021
Welcome to the June 2021 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: substance over form in DoLS authorisations, complex questions… Read more »
Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report – June 2021
In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: substance over form in DoLS authorisations, complex questions of coercion in medical treatment, and the limits of fluctuating capacity in the… Read more »
Property and Affairs Report – June 2021
In the Property and Affairs Report: a brisk dismissal of an attempt to appeal a judgment of Senior Judge Hilder about charging by a deputy, and easy read guides to… Read more »
Practice and Procedure Report – June 2021
In the Practice and Procedure Report: an important rapid consultation on hearings and the judicial view of remote hearings. Click here for the Practice and Procedure Report. For all of… Read more »
Wider Context Report – June 2021
In the Wider Context Report: the CPR responds to vulnerability, strengthening the right to independent living, capacity in the rear view mirror and the ECHR and the CRPD at loggerheads…. Read more »
Mental Capacity Report: Scotland – June 2021
In the Scotland Report: the Mental Welfare Commission on hospital discharges, change at Scottish Government (but how much) and welfare guardianships and deprivation of liberty. Click here for the Mental… Read more »
Planning, Environment and Property Newsletter – 10th June 2021
Welcome to the latest edition of our Planning, Environment and Property newsletter. This edition highlights two interesting cases with a heritage slant. First, Richard Harwood QC considers R (Kinsey) v… Read more »
Guidance Note: Relevant Information for Different Categories of Decisions – May 2021
This guidance note sits alongside our guidance note on carrying out and recording capacity assessments, and is designed to assist social workers and those working in frontline clinical settings when… Read more »
Mental Capacity Guidance Note: Capacity Assessment – May 2021
This purpose of this document is to provide for social workers and those working in front-line clinical settings an overview of the law and principles relating to the assessment of… Read more »
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