A full-day DoLS refresher for BIAs, mental health assessors and paid RPRs, including AGNI and its implications for assessments and reviews.
This one-day online course is for best interests assessors, mental health assessors and paid RPRs. We will consider AGNI [2026] UKSC 16 and its implications for DoLS assessments, existing authorisations and Part 8 reviews, alongside the latest relevant case law.
The course runs on Zoom from 9.30am to 4.30pm, UK time, with breaks. Each ticket costs £104.17 plus VAT (£125 including VAT). Organisations can arrange group places and an invoice by emailing training@lpslaw.co.uk. LPS members can use their promotional codes.
What do I get?
• Supplementary online resources, including slides, scenarios, quizzes and legal guidance.
• Plenary and small-group discussions with others practising in this area.
• Opportunities to raise your own legal and practice questions.
• A certificate of six hours’ attendance.
Course content and learning objectives
• Apply the multifactorial approach following AGNI and distinguish the Article 5 question of valid consent from mental capacity under the MCA.
• Consider how to approach existing authorisations and DoLS Part 8 reviews.
• Update your knowledge of capacity, best interests, necessity, proportionality and eligibility.
• Examine what good forms 3 and 4 look like.
• Consider when and why to set conditions and make recommendations.
• Develop confidence in the DoLS/Mental Health Act 1983 interface.
Course materials will be available on the day. Bring your own questions and examples for discussion.
Good to know
Highlights
- 7 hours
- Online
Refund Policy
Location
Online event
Agenda
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Course content
AGNI [2026] UKSC 16 and the multifactorial approach to deprivation of liberty; existing authorisations and Part 8 reviews; capacity, best interests, necessity, proportionality and eligibility; good forms 3 and 4; conditions and recommendations; the DoLS/MHA interface; questions and practice examples. The day includes breaks and provides six hours of training.