# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 143, September 2024)

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— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal on belief and capacity, and both sexual and medical complexities before the courts; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: a guest post updating deputies and attorneys on important responsibilities; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: which decisions are for doctors, and which for the courts; jury-rigging Article 5(4) compliance in community DoL cases, and transparency under the spotlight; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: a Mental Health Bill on the way, the hard edges of the MHA 1983 and the CQC and Valdo Calocane; (5) In the Wider Context Report: the limits of Article 3 in the context of the inherent jurisdiction, the CQC and covert medication and Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill; (6) In the Scotland Report: the Scottish Government consults on legislative measures to respond to the Scott Review and a report from the World Congress on Adult Care and Support."

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