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Discussion paper on adults with incapacity (Paperback)
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Discussion paper on adults with incapacity (Paperback)
Series: Discussion paper, 156
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The background to the project is a decision of the European Court
of Human Rights in a case involving a person with autism, who had
been admitted to Bournewood - a psychiatric hospital in England.
The care he was receiving there had some restrictive features, and
requests by his carers for him to return home were refused. The
Court's decision was that there had been a breach of his right to
liberty, as protected by Article 5 of the Convention. That result
caused a change in the law of England and Wales. Admissions to
long-stay hospitals for people with autism or other neurological
conditions or disabilities who lacked decision-making capacity
could no longer be regarded as voluntary and informal. A new system
was introduced to authorise these admissions. The changes also
affected some admissions to care homes.The Commission is therefore
examining the position in Scots law concerning the right to liberty
of adults with incapacity in residential facilities.The main
questions raised by the Discussion Paper are - is Scots law as it
currently stands adequate to meet the requirements of the European
Convention in this area? And if not, how should it be changed?In
particular, there is a need to decide if there should be a new
procedure for authorising deprivation of liberty in residential
care for adults with incapacity. If there should, what should that
process be? And, very importantly, what sorts of care and what type
of facilities should be regarded as involving deprivation of
liberty for those who live there
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