The May 2020 Mental Capacity Report will soon be landing in subscribers’ inboxes. Highlights this month include:
(1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Protection, COVID-19 and the rule of law; best interests and dying at home; and capacity and silos (again);
(2) In the Property and Affairs Report: further guidance from the OPG in relation to COVID-19 and an unusual case about intestacy, minority and the Court of Protection;
(3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: the Court of Protection adapting to COVID-19; remote hearings more generally; and injunctions and persons and unknown;
(4) In the Wider Context Report: National Mental Capacity Forum news, and when can mental incapacity count as a ‘status?’;
(5) In the Scotland Report: further updates relating to the evolution of law and practice in response to COVID-19. We also note that 9 May 2020 was the 20th anniversary of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 receiving Royal Assent.
You can find our past issues, our case summaries, and more on our dedicated sub-site here. Chambers has also created a dedicated COVID-19 page with resources, seminars, and more, 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.