Why a Mental Capacity Act Commission? One of the main recommendations made by the House of Lords Select Committee in its report upon the MCA … Read More ›
Category: Legislative developments
The Department of Health has just published guidance as part of its new Positive and Safe programme (which will apply across all health and adult … Read More ›
As I noted this morning, the President and Vice-President of the Court of Protection, Sir James Munby and Mr Justice Charles respectively, gave evidence to … Read More ›
In this post, I seek to summarise – and where relevant – comment upon each of the Chapters in the report. This can be no … Read More ›
Summary The House of Lords Committee appointed to consider the MCA 2005 has now reported. After a mammoth evidence gathering exercise (the transcripts of the … Read More ›
The Council of Europe has very recently (19 February) adopted the first European instrument on the human Rights of older persons, in the form of … Read More ›