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Mental Capacity and the ‘White Leopard’

The Mental Capacity Act (2005) upholds a person’s rights to autonomy, providing five core principles that drives these values in practice. It directs that Mental Capacity is decision and time specific, that all decisions should be appropriately supported, and respecting their right to make what others might call an ‘unwise decision’. Examples of a specific decision might be choice of residence, contact with a set person(s), a decision over treatment, conducting legal proceedings, managing property and finances etc.

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Mental Capacity and the challenge of ‘silos’

In Court of Protection (CoP) cases across the past few years there has been increasing reference and cautionary notes regarding professionals working in ‘silos’. This has been discussed by professionals such as Local Government Lawyer (2020) and Barrister, and honorary KC, Alex Keene (2021, 2024). This is a very interesting and thought-provoking topic, that we will try to explain to give readers some important context.

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