The future of mental capacity and deprivation of liberty - a report on the Law Commission's three year review

The Commission’s report and draft Bill has been published so we now await the new Government’s response to the recommendations.

For those of you who have yet to get up to speed with the 47 recommendations and the Law Commission’s replacement scheme for DoLS – the Liberty Protection Safeguards - 39 Essex Chambers has published a special report on the Commission’s Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty report. The special report includes a detailed summary of the key aspects of the new Liberty Protection Safeguards scheme, an overview of the draft Bill and the new provisions to the Mental Capacity Act.

You can read the special report here and you can also catch up with the audio and slides from Alex Ruck Keene’s briefing.

Do get in touch if you have any questions about the newly proposed Liberty Protection Safeguards - but with the general election in full flow we will have to await the new Government’s response.

Helen Burnell, Principal Associate