#InPictures: Practitioners get to grips with new capacity law
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Pictured: Áine Flynn, director of the Decision Support Service, answers questions from the floor
Over 130 practitioners attended a recent Bar of Ireland conference marking the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015.
Delegates heard from a panel of legal experts, academics and from those on the front line of the forthcoming service.
Pictured: Emma Slattery BL outlines capacity applications as part of the practice and procedure session
Pictured: Hannah Clarke speaks about the reality of assisted decision-making with the help of her family, as a person with autism
Held in The Honorable Society of King’s Inns, the day-long conference provided a valuable opportunity to practitioners to understand the forthcoming regime, and the newly published Circuit Court Rules.
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