# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 150, May 2025) **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [18 May 2025 21:22 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-capacity-law-newsletter-39-essex-chambers-mental-capacity-report-issue-150-may-2025/3674 "2025-05-18T21:22:00Z")\ **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: new and updated guidance notes; (2) In the Practice and Procedure Report: naming clinicians (and other professionals), and cross-border deprivation of liberty; (3) In the Mental Health Matters Report: Section 63 MHA 1983 and diabetes, and the Mental Health Bill progresses to the Commons; (4) In the Children’s Capacity Report: the Court of Appeal explains why local authorities cannot consent to the confinement of children in their care; (5) In the Wider Context Report: the other party’s interest in litigation capacity, how far landlords are supposed to go in hoarding cases, and a new Convention on the rights of older adults on the cards? (6) In the Scotland Report: AWI reform update and cross-border deprivation of liberty – Scottish reflections what is appealable in the AWI context." * * * Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39\_Essex\_Chambers,\_%27Mental\_Capacity\_Report%27\_(issue\_150,\_May\_2025)?id=180525-2122](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_150,_May_2025)?id=180525-2122)