“…In the United Kingdom, commentators discussed the potential impact of a 1994 statutory change in the definition of fitness to plead, expressing concern that broadening the concept to include defendants' abilities to give evidence in their defense would increase rates of unfitness to plead findings, with resulting deprivation of liberty (Gray, O'Connor, Williams, Short, & MacCulloch, ). In two articles, Rogers, Blackwood, Farnham, Pickup, and Watts (, ) questioned the utility of the U.K.'s definition of fitness to plead. They argued that it is at odds conceptually with the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 , which provides criteria and guidance within civil law for determining an individual's capacity for management of financial affairs or the care of oneself.…”