39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Law Newsletter' (issue 55, April 2015)
Mental capacity law newsletter "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter: ‘baby Bournewood?’, an update on the long-awaited Guidance on Deprivation of Liberty, deprivation of liberty at home, the 7th IMCA report and an important ECtHR ruling on the acid test; (2) In the Property and Affairs Newsletter: an important decision on the interaction between the CICA and the COP, anonymisation of judgments and changes to LPA forms; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Newsletter: details of the first stage of reform of the COP rules, the new Practice Direction on contempt of court, vulnerable witnesses, and funding questions; (4) In the Capacity outside the COP Newsletter: an editorial comment on the Care Act and capacity, the House of Lords debates the Select Committee report, recruitment for the chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum, an extremely important decision of the Supreme Court on informed consent, and the publication of the first work on the international protection of adults edited (inter alia) by Alex and Adrian; (5) In the Scotland Newsletter: a bumper selection of important material, including news of a new project to consider compatibility of both Scots and NI legislation with the CRPD, the potential for the introduction of designated specialist sheriffs for adult incapacity work, and commentary on recent case-law of relevance to practitioners in the area."