The Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty

You may be aware that the Supreme Court has recently issued a judgment which significantly changes the legal approach to determining whether a person is deprived of their liberty. The judgement can be seen here A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 o….

We would encourage you to familiarise yourselves with the judgment and carefully consider the implications for your services and practice. Please see the following links for further information: CQC statement on the Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty - Care Quality Commission and 2026-UKSC-16-Summary-for-website.pdf.

We ask that you refer to this updated position when making any new referrals to the DoLS team.  In addition, as the change came into effect immediately from 2 June, please review any recent DoLS referrals you have made. You should consider whether, in light of this revised approach, any of these referrals may no longer be appropriate.

We hope this offers reassurance whilst we wait for additional National guidance to be disseminated.  At this stage we don’t have further information, but if you have a specific query, you can contact the MCA DoLS Duty Team at Dolforms@essex.gov.uk

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The Procurement Act 2023

Transforming Public Procurement: The Procurement Act 2023

Please view the latest communication relating to PAS23 here.

Public Sector Procurement legislation has changed. On 24 February 2025 the new Procurement Act 2023 came into force and replaced the previous legislation. This governs how we procure. 

There are a range of resources developed by Central Government, to help explain these changes, please click on the following links:

Supplier registration is now live on Find a Tender service. If you want to bid for a contract, you will need to create a GOV.UK One login, which is linked on the Find a Tender service homepage. The CDP factsheet gives an overview of the site and if you have any questions, please email the Cabinet Office directly clearly stating in the subject line the purpose of your enquiry.

A new Procurement Review Unit (PRU) is now operational. The unit is responsible for overseeing the new act and one of the areas it will be responsible for is supplier exclusion and debarment from bidding for public contracts. Find out more information about the team and its role.

Last updated: 04/03/2025