— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: time-specificity of capacity (again), a Welsh primer on key caselaw and urban myths around s.4B MCA 2005; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: two guest articles from new members of the Court of Protection on attorney elephant traps; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: the purpose of transparency and the length of restrictions, and the contempt consequences of being found to have capacity; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: progress of the Mental Health Bill and the CRPD and the United Kingdom in a stand-off; (5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: the Law Commission’s Disabled Children’s Social Care report and improving the outcomes of children in complex situations; (6) In the Scotland Report: an update on AWI reform."
Full details available at: https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_154,_October_2025)?id=061025-0801