by Michael Perkins | Feb 16, 2021 | Medico-legal
What is the will and preference of a person under care? At the Autonomy First multidisciplinary Capacity and Capability Clinic, we often work with family members after a dementia diagnosis. Unfortunately, we see a number of cases where the affected person has been...
by Dr Jane Lonie | Feb 15, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Medico-legal
Although the law treats the concepts of legal capacity and undue influence as separate entities, insofar as undue influence presupposes that the individual had capacity, in reality the two rarely operate in isolation. That is to say, whilst the law requires that...
by Michael Perkins | Feb 15, 2021 | Power of Attorney and Guardianship
Three times in the last week the team at Autonomy First has been asked to help clients who are facing choices that challenge their decision-making abilities for a variety of reasons. The common thread across all cases was the clients all thought they could handle the...
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