Alex RKThe July 2024 Mental Capacity Report is now out. 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.
The screen-friendly compendium can be found here, and the print-friendly one here.
There is one plug this month, for a free digital trial of the newly relaunched Court of Protection Law Reports (now published by Butterworths. For a walkthrough of one of the reports, see here.
You can find our past issues, our case summaries, and more on our dedicated sub-site here, where you can also sign up to the Mental Capacity Report.
The walkthrough is here:
