Tim Spencer-Lane
Tim is a lawyer who specialises in mental capacity, mental health and social care law.
At the Law Commission he led the reviews of adult social care, health and social care professional regulation and the deprivation of liberty safeguards.
He is currently on a secondment to the Government Legal Department (DHSC) where he is working primarily on the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill.
All posts by Tim Spencer-Lane
Guide to the special educational needs and disability coronavirus amendment regulations and what they mean for social workers
Summarises how the Amendment Regulations relax some local authority duties (for example, some of the timescales and process for looked-after children and adoption) during the coronavirus outbreak.
Sets out changes to legislation brought in by this act to ensure that social care and other public services can provide an effective response to the coronavirus emergency. Changes would be temporary, lasting only for the duration of the emergency.
A step-by-step look at the sections and parts of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 and what they mean for practice.
How the Liberty Protection Safeguards will differ from the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
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