— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the court is not a rubber stamp for clinicians and what does it mean to represent P’s interests; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: Professional Deputy Costs, and paying drug debts for P; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: capacity to conduct proceedings and the costs of inadequate disclosure; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: capacity to conduct Tribunal proceeding, and the independent investigation into the care and treatment of Valdo Calocane; (5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: looking at other options before using the inherent jurisdiction to authorize a deprivation of liberty; (6) In the Wider Context Report: what happens if you never had litigation capacity and new books; (7) In the Scotland Report: AWI reform and the UK Protocol on Judicial Cooperation."
Full details available at: https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_151,_June_2025)?id=300625-1018