# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 153, September 2005)

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— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: an update on Cheshire West 2, non-withdrawal of treatment in two very different contexts and SCIE sounds the alarm; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: the OPG annual report and increases to LPA fees; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: the Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2025, a route map for anorexia cases relating to detained patients, and taking evidence from abroad; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: the police, Article 2 and suicide risk, and an evaluation of the HOPE(S) programme; (5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: Gillick does not provide a universal test, and jurisdictional issues in the making of deprivation of liberty and wardship orders; (6) In the Wider Context Report: anonymity, vulnerability and the open justice principle, and learning disability and social murder; (7) In the Scotland Report: an apparently open and shut guardianship case and an update on Adults with Incapacity Act reform."

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