This book for health and social care professionals and lawyers presents recent guidance on the deprivation of liberty from a variety of sources in a single book that can be kept readily at hand. It is designed to help professionals to understand the legislation and case law and apply it to the relevant circumstances in order to assess whether or not a person is likely to be deprived of their liberty. Among the guidance collected in this book are: * the Law Society's guidance on Identifying a Deprivation of Liberty (including a new case law update) * Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice, and * extracts from the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice and Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice. Having this and other guidance in a single volume will save practitioners time and help them to gain a better understanding of their legal obligations.