# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 151, June 2025) **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [30 June 2025 10:18 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-capacity-law-newsletter-39-essex-chambers-mental-capacity-report-issue-151-june-2025/3805 "2025-06-30T10:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MHLO](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/user_avatar/forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/mhlo/32/24_2.png) [@MHLO](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/MHLO)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2025 10:18 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-capacity-law-newsletter-39-essex-chambers-mental-capacity-report-issue-151-june-2025/3805/1 "2025-06-30T10:18:00Z")
— "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](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_151,_June_2025)?id=300625-1018)