— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: what to do where there is no reliable evidence of P’s wishes and feelings; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: gifts, attorneys and deputies; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: the perfect as the enemy of the good, and what to do when the situation changes; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: the human rights consequences of outsourcing in the mental health context; (5) In the Wider Context Report: the Law Commission consults on disabled children’s social care law and the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights balances Articles 2 and 8 in the medical treatment context; (6) In the Scotland Report: AWI legislative reform on the cards?"
Full details available at: https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_144,_October_2024)?id=161024-1134