Advance decisions: getting it right?: T39 Essex Chambers note | Practical Law

Advance decisions: getting it right?: T39 Essex Chambers note | Practical Law

In this note, Alexander Ruck Keene of Thirty Nine Essex Street examines, in light of recent cases, the statutory framework for advance decisions introduced with effect from 1 October 2007 by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005). He also reviews the pre-MCA 2005 common law position and the extent to which this has been modified by the MCA 2005 framework.

Advance decisions: getting it right?: T39 Essex Chambers note

Practical Law Resource ID 7-524-8605 (Approx. 2 pages)

Advance decisions: getting it right?: T39 Essex Chambers note

by Alexander Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Chambers
Published on 16 Jan 2013 • England, Wales
In this note, Alexander Ruck Keene of Thirty Nine Essex Street examines, in light of recent cases, the statutory framework for advance decisions introduced with effect from 1 October 2007 by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005). He also reviews the pre-MCA 2005 common law position and the extent to which this has been modified by the MCA 2005 framework.
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