The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill passed its final legislative stage in the House of Lords this evening (24 April) and… Read more
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39 Essex Chambers April Mental Capacity Reports out
Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: an update on the Mental Capacity… Read more
39 Essex Chambers Best Interests guide updated
Following the update of our guide to capacity assessments, the 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report team (with the invaluable… Read more
Seize the day, or lose the person
In FT v MM and RM [2019] EWHC 935 (Fam), Russell J has highlighted a real and problematic difference between… Read more
Accredited Legal Representatives Pilot
The Law Society have been in discussions with HMCTS regarding the issues related to the appointment process for ALRs, which has… Read more
LPS update – back to the Lords on 24 April
The Parliament website now (11 April) tells us that the very slow motion game of Ping-Pong in the final stages… Read more
Sex, rights and controversy
The reported remarks of Hayden J at a directions hearing about the husband’s “right” to have sex with his wife… Read more
LPS – further exchange between Joint Committee on Human Rights and Government
Ahead of today’s ping-pong stage in the Commons, the Government has published its response to the two reports of the… Read more
DoLS, the backlog and the consequences – the LGO reports
With (curiously?) coincidental timing, given that the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill returns to the Commons tomorrow, 2 April, the Local… Read more
LPS ping pong update – Government proposes compromise on deprivation of liberty
The Government has just (29 March) published its proposed response to the Lords amendments to the LPS. The Government proposes… Read more