July 2024 chronology

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See July 2024 update for a thematic summary of these changes.

  • 18/07/24
    (0827)
    : Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 142, July 2024) —"Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: sexual capacity complexities, wishes and feelings in the balance, and finding the P in a PDOC case; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: deputy bond provider problems and a job opportunity in the Official Solicitor's office; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: how far can the Court of Protection go to ensure its orders are complied with, and risk taking, best interests and health and welfare deputies; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: Tier 4 beds (again) and the Mental Health Tribunal and the Parole Board; (5) In the Wider Context Report: local authority consent to confinement, the Irish courts continue to grapple with the consequences of the framework, and Strasbourg pronounces on assisted dying; (6) In the Scotland Report: exasperation at the pace of the Scottish Government's Mental Health and Capacity Reform Programme."