The article explains that medical and legal uses of “capacity” differ: medicine views it as task-specific based on cognitive ...

Edward, your client of 15 years, comes into your office. Typically punctual, he’s half an hour late for this appointment. Edward explains that he got lost. He asks you to draft a codicil to his will.

Doctors are increasingly being asked to make assessments of their patients' mental capacity to create a legal document such as a Will or Lasting Power of Attorney, but you do have the right to refuse ...

An ageing population with litigious children makes proving legal capacity essential. The question of when to have capacity formally assessed frequently arises in legal practice. There is a common law ...

Alonzi, A. et al (2009) Assessing staff needs for guidance on the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Nursing Times; 105: 3, 24-27. This article outlines a research study that sought staff views on whether they ...

As clients age, the likelihood that they’ll face physical and mental health problems rises. As a result, clients’ families may start to wonder whether capacity will become an issue. They may ask you ...