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==Cases==
*'''ECHR case.''' {{pagesummary|MH v UK 11577/06 (2013) ECHR 1008, (2013) MHLO 94}}

:*'''Lucy Series, 'MH v UK: Implications for the deprivation of liberty safeguards' (The Small Places Blog, 23/10/13).''' See [[MH v UK 11577/06 (2013) ECHR 1008, (2013) MHLO 94]]

*'''Upper Tribunal case.''' {{pagesummary|DL-H v Partnerships in Care (2013) UKUT 500 (AAC), (2013) MHLO 93}}

*'''Medical case.''' {{pagesummary|Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v David James (2013) UKSC 67, (2013) MHLO 95}}

*'''Best interests case.''' {{pagesummary|A Local Authority v ED (2013) EWHC 3069 (COP), (2013) MHLO 92}}

:*'''Emily Dugan, 'Six years, three judges, £350,000 in costs to the taxpayer... and no change: Judge hits out at "astonishing" cost of Court of Protection case' (Independent, 11/10/13).''' See [[A Local Authority v ED (2013) EWHC 3069 (COP), (2013) MHLO 92]]

*'''Sex case.''' {{pagesummary|A Local Authority v TZ (2013) EWHC 2322 (COP), (2013) MHLO 91}}

==Law Society==
*'''Law Society, 'Hazards with the use of Court-approved Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Legal aid' (4/10/13).''' See [[Law Society]]

*'''Law Society, 'House of Lords Select Committee: Mental Capacity Act 2005: [Response to] Call for Evidence' (September 2013).''' See [[Law Society]]

==Articles/newsletter==
*'''39 Essex Street, 'Mental Capacity Law Newsletter' (issue 38, October 2013).''' See [[39 Essex Street Mental Capacity Law Newsletter]]

*'''Vicky Ling, 'Mental Health, Public Law, Actions Against the Police etc., Clinical Negligence, Community Care Contracts – What’s happening?' (Legal Aid Handbook Blog, 21/10/13).''' See [[Legal Aid]]

*'''Andy McNicoll, 'CQC to appoint senior mental health inspector to "root out poor services"' (Community Care, 11/10/13).''' See [[CQC#Other]]

==Event==
*'''Event.''' Fenners Chambers in Cambridge will be running their second Annual Mental Capacity Symposium, 'Vulnerable Adults in the Justice System', over 5 evenings from Monday '''11/11/13''' to Friday '''15/11/13'''. Seminars will cover the following practice areas: Mental Health and Capacity, Employment, Crime, Public Law, Family, Elderly Client, and Property. The Keynote Address on 15/11/13 will be given by Dr Jan Wise, Chair of the BMA's Medico-Legal Committee, on Capacity Assessments and Best Interests Decision-Making. Price: £30 including VAT per seminar before 25/10/13; £36 including VAT after 25/10/13. CPD approval has been applied for: 1.5 hours for for the seminars; 1 hour for the Keynote Address. See [http://www.fennerschambers.com/news-and-events/2013/10/16/fenners-chambers-second-annual-mental-capacity-symposium-november-2013 Fenners Chambers website] for further details. See [[Events]]

==Website==
*'''Email discussion list.''' The discussion list is now back online. For details of the list, see [[Discussion]]

*'''CPD.''' LSC category supervisors must 'undertake a minimum of 6 hours of Continuing Professional Development per year in the Mental Health Category of Law of which no fewer than 3 hours must be on the Mental Capacity Act 2005'. The CPD questionnaires currently online are sufficient for this purpose. All questions are mental-health-related, but the following are MCA-related: Sep 2012 (0.5 hours), Oct (0.5), Nov (0.5), Dec (0.25), Jan 2013 (0.5), Feb-Mar (0.5), Mar (0.5), Apr (0.75), May (0.5), Jun-Jul (0.75), Jul (0.25), Aug (0.5). See [[CPD scheme]]

*'''Cases.''' On 31/10/13 Mental Health Law Online contained [[Mental health case law|1419 categorised cases]]

*'''Chronology.''' See [[October 2013 chronology]] for this month's changes to the website in date order

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