Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty

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Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - February 2025

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: myth-busting about DoLS and strong words about assessment of capacity of D/deaf people.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Cen... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - December 2024

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal grapples again with sexual capacity, and important reminders of best interests as good governance and operating in an imperfect world.For all of our reports, newslette... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - November 2024

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: anticipatory declarations; systemic failure in considering PDOC patients, and the CQC and DoLS.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Reso... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - October 2024

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: what to do where there is no reliable evidence of P’s wishes and feelings.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click bel... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - September 2024

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal on belief and capacity, and both sexual and medical complexities before the courts. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacit... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - July 2024

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: sexual capacity complexities, wishes and feelings in the balance, and finding the P in a PDOC case. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Res... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - June 2024

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: when no option is a good one, snapshots from the frontline, and are we listening closely enough to the person in the context of deprivation of liberty. For all of our reports, newsletters and... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - May 2024

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: a rare successful capacity appeal, evicting someone from P’s house and holistically approaching hoarding. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity L... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - April 2024

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: a very difficult dilemma arising out of covert medication, and key deprivation of liberty developments. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - March 2024

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: medical evidence, mental disorder and deprivation of liberty, and the approach to propensity evidence. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law ... Read more  
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