39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 114, June 2021)
Mental capacity law newsletter "Highlights this month include: (1) 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 context of sex; (2) 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 making LPAs; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: an important rapid consultation on hearings and the judicial view of remote hearings; (4) 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; (5) 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."
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Type: Newsletter馃攳
Title: Mental Capacity Report
Author: Ruck Keene, Alex馃攳 路 Butler-Cole, Victoria馃攳 路 Allen, Neil馃攳 路 Lee, Annabel馃攳 路 Kohn, Nicola馃攳 路 Scott, Katie馃攳 路 Sullivan, Rachel馃攳 路 David, Stephanie馃攳 路 Edwards, Simon馃攳 路 Ward, Adrian馃攳 路 Stavert, Jill馃攳
Organisation: 39 Essex Chambers馃攳
Date: June 2021馃攳
Issue: 114
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