— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the MHA/MCA interface revisited; belief, diagnosis and capacity, and questioning an independent spirit; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: the SRA looks at law firms providing LPA / deputyship services, OPG guidance on completing LPA forms and a shedinar on the MCA and money; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: transparency in committal hearings and on death, and why belief is not the same as proof when it comes to capacity; (4) In the Wider Context Report: the wider MHA context within which many MCA matters arise, the limits of autonomy in medical settings; litigation capacity under the spotlight in both civil and family courts; and the second of our reports from Ireland as the new Act beds in; (5) In the Scotland Report: Articles 3 and 2 ECHR in play in the capacity context."
Full details available at: https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_134,_September_2023)?id=070923-0930