Table of Contents

Chapters Background The Mental Capacity Jurisdiction Lasting Powers of Attorney Powers of the Court Welfare and Health Care, Advance Decisions and Research Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Court Practice and Procedure The Public Guardian and Supporting Services Miscellaneous The Margins of the MCA: The Inherent Jurisdiction; The Overlap with Judicial Review; The Court of Protection and the ECHR Appendix Mental Capacity Act 2005 (as Amended) Mental Capacity Act 2005: Code of Practice Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice Supplementing the main Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice Index

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Retired District Judge and Nominated Judge of the Court of Protection Nominated Judge of the Court of Protection, The Family Court and the County Court at Barnet and First Avenue House Barrister, 39 Essex Street Partner, Thomson Snell & Passmore