GLD Vacancies

Taxi Licensing Webinar

Law Society issues guidance on deprivations of liberty safeguards and the law

The Law Society has this week issued wide-ranging guidance on the law relating to the deprivation of liberty safeguards.

Chancery Lane said the guidance was intended “to help solicitors and frontline health and social care professionals identify when a deprivation of liberty may be occurring in a number of health and care settings”.

The 11 chapters in the guidance, which was commissioned by the Department of Health, cover:

  • Introduction;
  • The law;
  • Cheshire West;
  • The hospital setting;
  • The psychiatric setting;
  • The care home setting;
  • Supported living;
  • At home;
  • Under 18s;
  • Summaries of key cases;
  • Further resources.

Chancery Lane has also issued a number of quick reference sheets, highlighting relevant liberty restricting factors and key questions for practitioners relating to each individual setting.

The authors of the guidance were Alex Ruck Keene, Neil Allen, Sophy Miles, Paula Scully and Beverley Taylor. Alex Ruck Keene of 39 Essex Chambers has also delivered a podcast on the guidance through the Law Society.

The guidance and the podcast can be found here.
A&M Bacon