# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 128, December 2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [9 January 2023 13:57 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-capacity-law-newsletter-39-essex-chambers-mental-capacity-report-issue-128-december-2022/1428 "2023-01-09T13:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: Collection of sperm where a person is on the edge of brain death; public protection and deprivations of liberty; and many newly-reported ‘part 2’ judgments tell us what happened next. (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: Lasting Powers of Attorney bill is published; and deprivations of assets. (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: Cross-border placements; and amendments to the Court of Protection Rules. (4) In the Wider Context Report: ‘A gloriously ordinary life’; Crowter in the Court of Appeal; consent to adoption and capacity; prolonged disorders of consciousness; and a Strasbourg update. (5) In the Scotland Report: A new checklist for cross-border placements; a decision to close day centres is reduced; and model laws for advance choices." * * * Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39\_Essex\_Chambers,\_%27Mental\_Capacity\_Report%27\_(issue\_128,\_December\_2022)?id=090123-1349](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_128,_December_2022)?id=090123-1349)