Proposed changes to deprivation of liberty laws: what you need to know

Hope Davis-McCallion explains the Law Commission’s ’urgent’ safeguard suggestions. In March 2017, the Law Commission delivered its final recommendations on reforming the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards system. This came after the Commission concluded that the current system was “in crisis” and needed to be replaced “as a matter of pressing urgency”. The name being suggested for the reformed system is “Liberty Protection Safeguards”.