View source for December 2011 update

==Cases==
===Case summaries===
*{{pagesummary|SSJ v RB (2011) EWCA Civ 1608}}
*{{pagesummary|Cardiff Council v Peggy Ross (2011) COP 28/10/11 12063905}}
*{{pagesummary|PFZ v West London MH NHS Trust (2011) Settlement 28/11/11}}
*{{pagesummary|Re Ian Brady (2011) First-tier Tribunal 17/10/11}}
*{{pagesummary|Re RK; RK v BCC (2011) EWCA Civ 1305}} (NB Transcript revised to contain concurring judgments of Gross and Baron LJJ.)
*{{pagesummary|Re AB; AB v LCC (A Local Authority) (2011) EWHC 3151 (COP)}}
*{{pagesummary|Re RB (Adult); A London Borough v RB (Adult) (No 3) (2011) EWHC 2576 (Fam)}}
*{{pagesummary|Re RB (Adult); A London Borough v RB (Adult) (No 2) (2011) EWHC 112 (Fam)}}
*{{pagesummary|Re RB (Adult); A London Borough v RB (Adult) (No 1) (2010) EWHC 2423 (Fam)}}
*{{pagesummary|Scottish Ministers v MHTS (2011) CSIH 76}}

===Case transcripts===
*{{pagesummary|Black v MHTS (2011) CSIH 83}}
*{{pagesummary|SSWP v Slavin (2011) EWCA Civ 1515}}
*{{pagesummary|R (Baisden) v Leicester City Council (2011) EWHC 3219 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|R (AK) v SSHD (2011) EWHC 3188 (Admin)}}
*Transcript added (summary already online). {{pagesummary|R v Goucher (2011) EWCA Crim 2473}}

==CQC==
*Care Quality Commission, 'Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2010/11' (8/12/11). The detailed findings in this report are set out under the following chapter headings: (1) Patients' involvement and protection of their rights; (2) Consent to treatment; (3) Patients' experience of care and treatment; (4) Promoting patient safety; (5) Deaths of detained patients. See [[CQC]]

==LSC==
*LSC, 'Revised cost limitations on civil legal aid certificates' (12/12/11). These changes have been made as a result of the 10% fee reduction. See [[Legal Aid News]]

==Statistics==
*NHSIC, 'Bi-annual analysis of Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessments (England): April-September 2011' (2/12/11). The key facts are stated as follows: 'The figures show that between 1 April and 30 September 2011: (1) 5,472 authorisation requests were completed. 3,963 (72.4 per cent) were received by LAs and 1,509 (27.6 per cent) were received by PCTs. (2) 3,079 (56.3 per cent) of the completed assessments resulted in an authorisation. (3) Of the total assessments completed, a slightly higher proportion was for females 2,857 (52.2 per cent) than males 2,615 (47.8 per cent). (4) At the end of the reporting period, 30 September 2011, 1,697 people were subject to a current standard authorisation. 1,484 (87.4 per cent) followed a granted LA authorisation and 213 (12.6 per cent) followed a granted PCT authorisation.'

==Newsletter/articles==
*39 Essex Street, 'Court of Protection Newsletter' (issue 16, December 2011). The cases mentioned in this issue are: Re RK; RK v BCC [2011] EWCA Civ 1305, Cheshire West and Chester Council v P [2011] EWCA Civ 1333, Re RB (Adult); A London Borough v RB (Adult) (No 4) [2011] EWHC 3017 (Fam), Re FL; HN v FL and Hampshire CC [2011] EWHC 2894 (COP), R v Heaney [2011] EWCA Crim 2682, Re HM; SM v HM (2011) COP 11875043 4/11/11, De Louville De Toucy v Bonhams 1793 Ltd [2011] All ER (D) 32 (Nov). Also included are: (1) the Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2011 (authorised court officers); (2) minor amendments to Practice Directions 10A, 14B and 19A (contact details); (3) Statistics on permission applications; (4) comment on the Cheshire judgment by a BIA. See [[39 Essex Street COP Newsletter]]
*Peter Bartlett, '"The necessity must be convincingly shown to exist": standards for compulsory treatment for mental disorder under the Mental Health Act 1983' [2011] Med L Rev 1. See [[Compulsory treatment]]
*Jerome Taylor, 'Judge scrutinises ill man's removal from foster home' (Independent, 21/10/11). See [[Settled cases and forthcoming judgments#Re GR (deprivation of liberty, Hedley J)]]

==Wales==
*Consultation on Mental Health (Regional Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (26/9/11 to 16/12/11). 'This consultation seeks your views on regulations which would enable Local Health Boards (LHBs) and local authorities in Wales to enter into regional working arrangements.' See [[Consultations#Wales]]

==Other documents==
*DH, 'Response to the offender personality disorder consultation' (gateway ref 16313, 21/10/11). See [[Consultations#Department of Health]]
*European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 'The legal protection of persons with mental health problems under non-discrimination law: Understanding disability as defined by law and the duty to provide reasonable accommodation in European Union Member States' (25/10/11). See [[FRA]]
*Law Society, 'Lasting powers of attorney: Practice note' (updated 8/12/11). 'The Law Society has produced a practice note to assist solicitors in advising clients wishing to draw up an LPA, as well as solicitors who are acting as an attorney under an LPA. The practice note also covers ongoing arrangements for Enduring Powers of Attorney.'
*South West SHA and East Midlands SHA, 'Independent Investigation into the Care and Treatment Provided to Mr. X by the Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust' (22/11/11) (X is Timothy Crook); South West Strategic Health Authority, 'Report of the Independent Investigation into the care and treatment of Mr MH' (22/11/11) (MH is Michael Harris). See [[Independent inquiries]]

==Website==
*Thanks to Alex Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Street Chambers for providing the transcript of [[Cardiff Council v Peggy Ross (2011) COP 28/10/11 12063905]]

*On 30/11/11, Mental Health Law Online contained [[Mental health case law|1116 categorised cases]]

*See [[December 2011 chronology]] for this month's changes to the website in date order

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