The Law Society has recently published an updated edition of its guidance on identifying a deprivation of liberty. It states: ‘...with the announcement of an indefinite delay to the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (‘LPS’) in April 2023, there is no prospect of an updated version of the Code being published to accompany the LPS during the course of this parliament. Nor is there any immediate prospect of the current Code of Practice accompanying DOLS being updated.’
