The November 2016 Newsletters are now out. Highlights this month include:
1.In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Newsletter: the new COPDOL 10 form comes into force on 1 December, an MN-style case management decision, Baker J on life and death and Strasbourg’s latest on deprivation of liberty;
2.In the Property and Affairs Newsletter: trusts versus deputies, undue influence and wills, and useful STEP guidance for attorneys and deputies;
3. In the Practice and Procedure Newsletter: important practice guidance on participation of P and vulnerable witnesses, naming experts and child competence to instruct solicitors;
4. In the Capacity outside the COP Newsletter: new guidance from the Royal College of Surgeons and the College of Policing, and an important decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court on forced treatment and the CRPD;
5. In the Scotland Newsletter: new guidance on supported decision-making (of relevance also in England and Wales) and problems with MHOs.
All the newsletters can be found here.
We have also updated our guidance note on judicial deprivation of liberty and are very pleased to announce a new guidance note (written by Peter Mant) on mental capacity and ordinary residence.
And remember, you can now find all our past issues, our case summaries, and much more on our dedicated sub-site here. ‘One-pagers’ of the cases in these Newsletters of most relevance to social work professionals will also shortly appear on the SCIE website.
