Interactive Tool Legal Literacy & Professional Decision Making
AGNI deprivation of liberty decision tool
Explore what AGNI changes for deprivation of liberty decisions, with short activities on consent, context and the multifactorial test.
- Resource type
- Interactive Tool
- Practice area
- Legal Literacy & Professional Decision Making, Mental Health & Mental Capacity, Neurodiversity, Diversity & Inclusion, Risk, Safeguarding & Self-Neglect
- Who it is for
- Practitioners, Supervisors, Teams
- Time to use
- 5–15 min
- Use this when
- Any time, Before an assessment, During supervision, In a team discussion, After training, For ongoing reference
What this helps with
This interactive tool supports practitioners to think through what AGNI [2026] UKSC 16 means for deprivation of liberty decision-making after Cheshire West.
It includes a short confidence check, a matching activity on the multifactorial test, a consent-based mini-scenario and reflective prompts to help connect the legal update to day-to-day practice.
Use it as a quick practice update, supervision prompt or team discussion starter when considering mental capacity, consent, restrictions, context and whether a deprivation of liberty may arise.
Useful for
MCA practice, deprivation of liberty, supervision, legal literacy, CPD, safeguarding, reflective practice
What is inside
- Updates
- Practice tools
- Scenarios
- Reflective practice