# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 160, May 2026) **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [5 June 2026 22:34 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-capacity-law-newsletter-39-essex-chambers-mental-capacity-report-issue-160-may-2026/5715 "2026-06-05T22:34:00Z")\ **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:** [5 June 2026 22:34 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-capacity-law-newsletter-39-essex-chambers-mental-capacity-report-issue-160-may-2026/5715/1 "2026-06-05T22:34:00Z")
— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: Townsend updated, sex before the Court of Protection again, and a profoundly disturbing report on dementia in acute hospitals; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: new OPG investigation requirements and the consequences thereof; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: importance guidance on instructing experts, when habitual residence can be revisited, and a very useful new book on coercive control; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: the legal gaps for those in mental health crisis in ED and misunderstandings of the MCA in the mental health context; (5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: deprivation of liberty of children in statute and in unregulated placements and what procedural fairness (does) not require in assessment; (6) In the Wider Context Report: the MCA and suicide, and new guidance on consenting to clinical trials; (7) In the Scotland Report: an update on the new AWI accreditation programme being run by the Law Society of Scotland." * * * Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39\_Essex\_Chambers,\_%27Mental\_Capacity\_Report%27\_(issue\_160,\_May\_2026)?id=050626-2234](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_160,_May_2026)?id=050626-2234)