Useful Reading and Links

Please find below a list of websites and reading relating to Mental Capacity Act 2005 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards:

DoLs referral and assessment forms

• Welsh Government Mental Health Services Policy

Information about DoLs MCA

• Mental Capacity Act Easy Read
• scie.org.uk/mca/
• scie.org.uk/mca/dols/
• 39essex.com/resources-and-training/mental-capacity-law/
• lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/articles/deprivation-of-liberty/

Code of Practice and Selected Cases:

MCA Code of Practice

• gov.uk/government/publications/mental-capacity-act-code-of-practice

DoLs Code of Practice

• wales.nhs.uk/sites3

The Legal Acid Test

P v Cheshire west and Chester Council and P and Q v Surrey County Council [2014] UKSC 19

Selection of RPR / Appealing a DoL

Re AJ (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) [2015] EWCOP 5

MHA v MCA DoLs

AM v (1) South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2) Secretary of State for Health [2013] UKUT 0365 AAC

Also see Chapter 13 Mental Health Act Code of Practice

Mental Health Act Code Of Practice

Dols and the right to private and family life

London Borough of Hillingdon v Neary [2011] EWHC 1377 (CoP)