LPS – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

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LPS – D day is 1 October 2020

In an update published today (12 June) DHSC has confirmed that the intention is for the new Liberty Protection Safeguards system to come into force … Read More ›

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LPS – (slightly) more flesh on the bones

The Explanatory Notes to the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act have now been published. They do not go substantively beyond what is set out in the … Read More ›

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Full text of Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 now published

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 ›

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Liberty Protection Safeguards resources page

Inspired (as so often) by Lucy Series, I have added a new LPS resources page on my website to accompany the Cheshire West resources page. … Read More ›

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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 of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) … Read More ›

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Re D – ‘Baby Bournewood’ – is to be handed down by the Supreme Court on 26 September
September 20, 2019
The long-awaited (since October 2018) judgment of the Supreme Court in Re D is to be handed down at 11:00 …Read More »
Civil Justice Council consultation on vulnerable witnesses and parties in civil proceedings
September 19, 2019
The Civil Justice Council has issued a detailed paper setting out the current position and proposals for reform of the …Read More »
39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Reports now out
September 19, 2019
The September 2019 Mental Capacity Reports are now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation …Read More »
Fluctuating capacity – micro vs macro decisions
August 1, 2019
Some may remember that the Court of Appeal was going to give a judgment setting out what to do where …Read More »
Court of Protection Handbook Third Edition now published!
July 26, 2019
The 3rd edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now published, with the addition of Nicola Mackintosh QC (Hon) …Read More »

Job advert. Cale Solicitors, Greenwich - Mental Health Law Solicitor/Legal Executive (listed until 20/12/19).
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Event. PELT: Advanced course for Mental Health Act Administrators (Hoylake, 11/3/20)
—"This course assumes basic knowledge and experience and will examine the many demands of the job and provide some effective and legal coping mechanisms. In addition to the MHA, the Code and the Regulations, the course will analyse the relevance and implications of case law. It will also look at how the MCA and DoLs […]
Event. PELT: Becoming a Mental Health Act Administrator - The basics (Hoylake, 10/3/20)
—This new course is designed to equip new or less experienced MHAAs with the tools to do their job effectively. It will assume little or no knowledge of the MHA. It is designed to equip MHAAs with the necessary evidence-based skills to fulfil their statutory and non-statutory duties as MHAAs on behalf of hospital managers. […]
Case (Validity of will). Parsonage v Parsonage [2019] EWHC 2362 (Ch)
— " The validity of the 2011 Will is challenged by D1 on the grounds that BP lacked capacity (1) to know and understand the nature and effect of the 2011 Will, (2) to know and understand the size of her estate, and/or (3) to know and appreciate the claims to which she ought to […]
Event. MHLA: 20th Annual Conference - Birmingham, 22/11/19
—Speakers: Legal Aid Agency; Sir Simon Wessely ('The MHA Review'); Natalya O’Prey ('Secretary of State - improving the Restricted Patient system'); Sarah Johnston DCP ('HMCTS Update'); Dr Harinder Bains; Tam Gill & Laura Janes ('Case law and practice update'). Chaired by Kate Tyrrell. Price: £230 (non-member), £160 (member), £145 (groups of three or more members). […]

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