Welcome to the resources page for Welfare Cases in the Court of Protection – a research project at Cardiff Law School, funded by the Nuffield Foundation. This page is aimed at members of the public who are interested in finding out more about the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Court of Protection.
One of the aims of the project is to enhance public understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Court of Protection, so we have created this page to help you find out more information about them. We have broken down this information into ten separate topics, please click on the topic that interests you for further information:
- Where can I find information about the Mental Capacity Act 2005?
- What is the Court of Protection?
- What do ‘mental capacity’ and ‘best interests’ mean?
- What are the deprivation of liberty procedures?
- Where can I find out more about advance planning under the Mental Capacity Act 2005?
- What is an Independent Mental Capacity Advocate?
- Where can I find out more about applying to the Court of Protection?
- Where can I find out more about the history of the Mental Capacity Act and the Court of Protection?
- What do other people say about the Mental Capacity Act, the deprivation of liberty procedures and the Court of Protection?
- What books do you recommend on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Court of Protection?