# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 164, October 2026) **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [9 November 2026 13:44 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-capacity-law-newsletter-39-essex-chambers-mental-capacity-report-issue-164-october-2026/6284 "2026-11-09T13:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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— “Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: capacity, presumptions and the Care Act 2014; and the most comprehensive first instance ‘run’ at AGNI so far; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: deputies and direct payments, and the Court of Protection and the validity of wills; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: the AGNI effect starts to show in the statistics; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: HSSIB’s investigation into mental health care in the emergency department; (5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: desperate deprivation of liberty and consenting to confinement; (6) In the Wider Context Report: Anglo-Welsh legal differences and asserting your own capacity; (7) In the Scotland Report: what listening to children tells us about listening to adults.” * * * Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39\_Essex\_Chambers,\_%27Mental\_Capacity\_Report%27\_(issue\_164,\_October\_2026)?id=091126-1344](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/39_Essex_Chambers,_%27Mental_Capacity_Report%27_(issue_164,_October_2026)?id=091126-1344)