Alex RKThe February 2023 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include:
(1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: is depriving a person of their phone depriving them of their liberty, a reminder that the court is the ultimate arbiter of best interests and an Ombudsman comes belatedly to the rescue;
(2) In the Property and Affairs Report: a reminder of the new process for applying for deputyship and how the Powers of Attorney Bill would amend the MCA 2005;
(3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: the Vice-President intervenes on s.49 reports and new contempt rules;
(4) In the Wider Context Report: Parliamentary consideration of the draft Mental Health Bill, a toolkit for supporting decision-making, and confidentiality and common sense;
(5) In the Scotland Report: the Supreme Court dismisses an appeal against assessment for services and an opposed application for guardianship.
The screen-friendly and print-friendly compendiums can be found 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.
If you’d prefer to be talked through the Report, I give it a (snuffly) go here.
