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Mental Capacity: Law and Practice, 2nd Edition

Mental Capacity: Law and Practice, 2nd Edition

Author: District Judge Gordon Ashton OBE; Penny Letts OBE; District Judge Marc Marin; Martin Terrell; Alex Ruck Keene
Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
ISBN: 9781846613135
Published In: July 2012
Format: Paperback
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This new edition builds on the success of Mental Capacity: The New Law which was published in response to the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The title has been extensively revised to provide coverage of all the latest developments in legislation, procedure and case law, including an examination of the deprivation of liberty safeguards and a new chapter dealing with the re-emergence of the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court and the cross-over with administrative law.

Mental Capacity: Law and Practice provides an authoritative commentary, highlighting areas of potential difficulty and offering practical guidance on the challenges that the legislation poses. It includes the text of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (as amended) and the supplementary Codes of Practice.

This book is essential reading for all private client lawyers, chancery practitioners, non-contentious lawyers and healthcare professionals.

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