Scotland

In the Scotland Report: an update on the new AWI accreditation programme being run by the Law Society of Scotland. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Mental Capacity Report: Scotland.

Welcome to the April 2026 Mental Capacity Report. It takes a different form to normal as our editors’ commitments means that we cannot do more than provide an overview of some key matters, with more to follow (where necessary) in May. We do, however, have a bumper Scotland Report to make up for the lack of such a Report last time – and we would, commend the Scotland report to readers from other jurisdictions as it contains both comparative matters of interest, and research of wider reach than just Scotland. A reminder that we have updated our unofficial update to [...]

In the Scotland Report: a guest post from the Minister responsible for AWI reform and the Scottish perspective on treatment refusal by children. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Mental Capacity Report: Scotland.

In the Scotland Report: questionable guardianship. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Mental Capacity Report: Scotland.

In the Scotland Report: an update on AWI reform. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Mental Capacity Report: Scotland.

In the Scotland Report: an update on AWI reform. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Mental Capacity Report: Scotland.

In the Scotland Report: an apparently open and shut guardianship case and an update on Adults with Incapacity Act reform. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Mental Capacity Report: Scotland.

In the Scotland Report: joint attorneys in dispute: appropriate remedies and; “If at first you don’t succeed …”: res judicata in tribunal proceedings. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Mental Capacity Report: Scotland.

In the Scotland Report: AWI reform and the UK Protocol on Judicial Cooperation. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Mental Capacity Report: Scotland.

In the Scotland Report: AWI reform update and cross-border deprivation of liberty – Scottish reflections what is appealable in the AWI context. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases please visit our Mental Capacity Law Resource Centre.Click below to download the Mental Capacity Report: Scotland.