The full text of the MC(A)A 2019 has now been published, to the relief of all those who were being driven to despair by trying … Read More ›
Category: Legislative developments
Given the passing of final Parliamentary hurdles by the LPS, facilitated by the abandonment of any statutory definition of deprivation of liberty, it was distinctly … Read More ›
The Parliament website now (11 April) tells us that the very slow motion game of Ping-Pong in the final stages of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) … Read More ›
Ahead of today’s ping-pong stage in the Commons, the Government has published its response to the two reports of the JCHR on LPS. It is … Read More ›
The Government has just (29 March) published its proposed response to the Lords amendments to the LPS. The Government proposes that the Lords definition of … Read More ›
The ping-pong stage of LPS continues, it just having been announced that the Bill will return to Parliament on 2 April, for the House of … Read More ›
[Updated 13 June] The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (MC(A)A) received Royal Assent on 16 May. When comes into force it will sweep away the … Read More ›
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill returned to the Lords last night (26 February). The majority of the amendments introduced by the Government in the … Read More ›
The supporting materials for the review of the MHA 1983 that reported in December last year have now been published. They include, in particular, the … Read More ›
The Bill today (11 December) finished its final stage in the Lords, with the Commons yet to come. With thanks once again to Tim Spencer-Lane … Read More ›