— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: When it is in a person’s best interests to end restraint which is necessary to keep them alive; and removing silos from capacity in substance and procedure. (2) In the Practice and Procedure Report: A plethora of developments around transparency, reporting restrictions and closed hearings. (3) In the Wider Context Report: Morahan in the Court of Appeal; Updated RCN guidance on sex and sexuality in care homes; and the relationship between clinical guidelines and negligence. (4) In the Scotland Report: An imperative to reform mental health law; and the Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults."
Full details available at: https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_127,_November_2022)?id=211122-1031