Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty

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Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - November 2025

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: Cheshire West 2, the return of LPS and where the buck stops with termination.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click ... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - October 2025

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: time-specificity of capacity (again), a Welsh primer on key caselaw and urban myths around s.4B MCA 2005.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacit... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - September 2025

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: an update on Cheshire West 2, non-withdrawal of treatment in two very different contexts and SCIE sounds the alarm.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Ment... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - July 2025

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: what to do when an advance decision to refuse treatment may be in play, and the consequences of the gaps between services for those with disordered eating.For all of our reports, newslett... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - June 2025

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the court is not a rubber stamp for clinicians and what does it mean to represent P’s interests.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Res... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - May 2025

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: new and updated guidance notes. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Health, Welfa... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - April 2025

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: a masterclass in determining a particularly complex set of capacity questions.For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click... Read more  

Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report - March 2025

In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: insight into the proper place of insight, best interests decision-making and good clinical governance, and anorexia and the changing calculus of decision-making.For all of our reports, ne... Read more  

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  
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