UK Supreme Court Changes Legal Test for Deprivation of Liberty of Disabled People
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Anna Balding
3h ago· 3 min readenNews
Summary
The UK Supreme Court has changed how the law determines whether a disabled person who cannot make decisions for themselves is being deprived of their liberty. The long-standing "acid test" can no longer be used alone to make this determination, and new factors must now be considered. This changes the rules on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), though the full implications are not yet clear.
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· 3 pulledThe UK Supreme Court has changed the way the law on whether a disabled person is being deprived of their liberty if they cannot make the decision themselves.
The Court has ruled that the long-standing "acid test" should no longer be used on its own.
This is an important change but we do not know yet the detail of what this will mean for pe
The UK Supreme Court has changed the way the law on whether a disabled person is being deprived of their liberty if they cannot make the decision themselves. This means that the rules on Deprivation Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) has changed. The Court has ru
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