Debbie Martin & Neil Allen 
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 [PDF ebook] 
A Guide for Practice

Chapter 1: Background to the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Chapter 2: The key features of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Chapter 3: The Code of Practice (sections 42–43)
Chapter 4: Principles (section 1)
Chapter 5: What is lack of capacity? (sections 2–3)
Chapter 6: Best interests (section 4)
Chapter 7: Protection for those making decisions (sections 5–8)
Chapter 8: Lasting Powers of Attorney (sections 9–14 and 22–23)
Chapter 9: Deputies and declarations (sections 15–21)
Chapter 10: Advance decisions to refuse treatment (sections 24–26)
Chapter 11: Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs) (sections 35–41)
Chapter 12: The Court of Protection and the Public Guardian (sections 45–61)
Chapter 13: Other issues
Chapter 14: Research
Chapter 15: Links with other areas of law
Chapter 16: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Chapter 17: The interface between the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act
Chapter 18: The distinction between restriction of movement and deprivation of liberty
Appendix 1 The Mental Capacity Act 2005
Appendix 1A DOLS Regulations on Representative
Appendix 1B DOLS Assessment Regulations
Appendix 2 Helping people to make their own decisions
Appendix 3 Assessing capacity
Appendix 4 Best interests checklist
Appendix 5 Multiple choice answers
Appendix 6 Lasting Powers of Attorney and advance decisions
Appendix 7 Identifying a deprivation of liberty
Appendix 8 The DOLS procedures

Robert Brown is a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University and was a Founding Director of Edge Training and Consultancy Limited. He was a Mental Health Act Commissioner from 1992 until 2010. He provides refresher training for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) and Best Interest Assessors (BIAs) and contributes to the training of section 12 approved doctors and Approved Clinicians in South West England and Wales. He provides consultation and supervision for the AMHPs/BIAs in the Deprivation of Liberty Team in Cornwall. Rob also provides consultation to Lead AMHPs in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Lambeth, Portsmouth and West Berkshire. He has published widely in the field of mental health and mental capacity law.