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Law Society of Scotland report on need for advance choices human rights law reform

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Published on: 24 May 2022
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LNB News 24/05/2022

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Issue Date: 24 May 2022

Published Date: 24 May 2022

Jurisdiction(s): Scotland

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The Law Society of Scotland has published a report emphasising the need for human rights to be at the core of proposals for law reform around advance choices and medical decision-making, to bring clarity to Scots law as the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005) has done in England and Wales.

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