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Member Talk: What the Mental Capacity Assessor Needs From You

2024-05-07T08:43:00

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Develop your understanding of what the mental capacity assessor needs from the practitioner to ensure a successful assessment is carried out.

Our speakers share:

  • the five key things that need to be included in the letter of instruction
  • communication needs and what both parties need to be made aware of
  • what isn’t helpful and what the mental capacity assessor doesn’t need
  • the assumptions that solicitors have when writing a letter of instruction

 

Our speakers: 

  • Victoria Newey, lawyer in the property and affairs team at the Official Solicitor & Public Trustee and Private Client Solicitors Section advisory committee member
  • Sarah Post, an independent mental capacity assessor with considerable experience in mental capacity assessments in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA

This video was recorded on 7 May 2024

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