# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 144, October 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [16 October 2024 11:34 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-capacity-law-newsletter-39-essex-chambers-mental-capacity-report-issue-144-october-2024/2839 "2024-10-16T11:34:00Z")\ **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: 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](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_144,_October_2024)?id=161024-1134)