39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 143, September 2024)
Mental capacity law newsletter "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal on belief and capacity, and both sexual and medical complexities before the courts; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: a guest post updating deputies and attorneys on important responsibilities; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: which decisions are for doctors, and which for the courts; jury-rigging Article 5(4) compliance in community DoL cases, and transparency under the spotlight; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: a Mental Health Bill on the way, the hard edges of the MHA 1983 and the CQC and Valdo Calocane; (5) In the Wider Context Report: the limits of Article 3 in the context of the inherent jurisdiction, the CQC and covert medication and Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill; (6) In the Scotland Report: the Scottish Government consults on legislative measures to respond to the Scott Review and a report from the World Congress on Adult Care and Support."
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Type: Newsletter🔍
Title: Mental Capacity Report
Author: Ruck Keene, Alex🔍 · Butler-Cole, Victoria🔍 · Allen, Neil🔍 · Kohn, Nicola🔍 · Scott, Katie🔍 · Kelly, Arianna🔍 · Weinberg, Nyasha🔍 · Edwards, Simon🔍 · Ward, Adrian🔍 · Stavert, Jill🔍
Organisation: 39 Essex Chambers🔍
Date: September 2024🔍
Issue: 143
What links here:
- R v Calocane [2024] EWCA Crim 490
- Hemachandran v Thirumalesh [2024] EWCA Civ 896
- Re PQ (Court authorised DOL: Representation during review period) [2024] EWCOP 41 (T3)
- Re P (Vulnerable adult: Withdrawal of application) [2024] EWHC 1882 (Fam)
- Re AA (Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment: No best interests decision) [2024] EWCOP 39 (T3)
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust v KAG [2024] EWCOP 38 (T3)