Yesterday I completed my first Best Interests Assessment since the relatively new Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards went live on 1 April 2009.  In brief these assessments grew from the need to clarify the legal position of those who lack capacity when certain restrictive conditions apply which ‘deprive them of their liberty’. The generally communicated opinion seems [...]

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