39 Essex Chambers – February report

Welcome to the February 2020 Mental Capacity Report, which is, even by our standards, a bumper one. Highlights this month include:

(1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: a tribute to Mr E; fluctuating capacity; improperly resisting a deputy appointment; DoLS, BIAs and RPRs, and finding the right balance with constrained resources;

(2) In the Property and Affairs Report: the OPG, investigations and costs; e-filing for professional deputies, and a guest article about the National Will Register;

(3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: the Vice-President issues guidance on serious medical treatment; an important judgment on contingent declarations; the permission threshold; and disclosure to a non-party;

(4) In the Wider Context Report: brain death and the courts; deprivation of liberty and young people;

(5) In the Scotland Report: supplemental reports from the Independent Review of Learning Disability and Autism; the Scott review consults; and relevant cases and guidance.

The compendium issue can be found here, and the screen-friendly version here.

You can find all our past issues, our case summaries, and more on our dedicated sub-site here.   If you want more information on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which we frequently refer to in this Report, we suggest you go to the Small Places website run by Lucy Series of Cardiff University.

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