# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 162, July 2026)

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— "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: Permission to appeal granted in Townsend; post-AGNI guidance; and a new Guidance Note on Capacity for Care Providers; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: Statutory wills; charging for being an appointee; and guidance on assessing financial capacity; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: Court of Protection and child deprivation of liberty statistics; court fees rising; reasons challenges in the Court of Protection; medical treatment cases – whether to issue, and the consequences of waiting too long; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: EU Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on respect for autonomy in mental healthcare; (5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: A CAMHS psychiatrist’s view on child deprivation of liberty cases – and what interventions can help to break the ‘vicious cycle’ of restrictions and institutionalisation; (6) In the Wider Context Report: Adult social care reform; the Muckamore Abbey Inquiry Report is published; and what becomes of solicitors whose clients lacked capacity; and (7) In the Scotland Report: Circumvention and undue influence."

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