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Peter Groarke

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Enduring Powers of Attorney, Advance Care Planning, Wardship, Court Decisions…Assisted Decision Making Legislation, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards…

Overview

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Advance Healthcare Planning

• Power of attorney
• Enduring Powers of Attorney
• Care Plans
• Advance Healthcare Directives

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Wardship

• Where does this Apply?
• Rules of Superior Courts Statutory Instrument : Order 67
• Information required re Ward
• Undertaking by Petitioner(s)
• What can the Court do?
• Order of Inquiry
• Objection to Petition for Wardship
• Committee to Act on Behalf of the Ward
• General Solicitor as Committee

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Case Law, guidance from the Courts

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Caselaw

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In Re e War ard of

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Court [199 1996] - gastrostomy (PEG) tube.

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McN v v Hea Health Ser Service Ex Executive [200 2009] - It would be grossly negligent for the hospital to bring patients to front door of hospital and say “off you go

• P.L. v. St Patrick’s University Hospital [2018] a voluntary patient who expressed a desire to leave a hospital
• A.C.
• C. –v- Fit

Fitzpatrick & CU CUH – the concept of detention is one which really has no place in our system of medical care

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Deprivation of Liberty: Safeguards

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of People

with Disabilities

• Necessity for clarification on the issue of deprivation of liberty in residential care

facilities

• Deprivation of Liberty: Safeguard Proposals
• England and Wales

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Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015

What in in th the Act has been commenced?

What is envisaged by the Act?

• Assistance Agreement
• Co-Decision Making Agreement,
• Decision- making representative

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Overview

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Thank you for r your attention. Any Questions?

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