# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 155, November 2025)

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— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: Cheshire West 2, the return of LPS and where the buck stops with termination; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: accessing Child Trust Funds and LPA fee increase; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: where (not if) brain stem death testing should take place; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: progress of the Mental Health Bill and the duties owed by AMHPs; (5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: resources for children transitioning to adult in the palliative context. (6) In the Wider Context Report: the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill before the House of Lords, and CQC despairs at the state of care. (7) In the Scotland Report: an update on AWI reform."

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