# Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 165, November 2026)

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— “Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: key themes from post-AGNI caselaw to date, and two medical treatment decisions showing doctors getting it right; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: self-dealing in the rearview mirror, dismay at deputy delegation and blithe ignorance of the obligations on a deputy as regards settlement of monies; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: personal welfare orders after HB; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: the Mental health conditions, ADHD and autism prevalence review; and Royal College of Psychiatrists on coercion and human rights; (5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: information-sharing as regards children, and new procedural rules relating to children in ECtHR cases; (6) In the Wider Context Report: deprivation of liberty before Strasbourg, guidance on eating and drinking at acknowledged risk, and an important change of position relating to Jehovah’s Witnesses; (7) In the Scotland Report: the death of a Bill that never was, and a new appointment for the Mental Welfare Commission.”

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