Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill special report

September 3, 2018

A one-off 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report just (Monday 3 Sept) published analyses the Bill in detail and provides a range of perspectives ahead of the important first day of Committee stage in the Lords on 5 September.

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