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CH v A Metropolitan Council
Summary CH was born with Downs Syndrome and an associated learning difficulty. In 2010, he married his wife, WH, and they lived together in his parents’ home. They sought fertility… Read more »
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University LHB v RY and CP
Summary The central issue in this case was whether it remained in the best interests of a 81-year-old man, RY, to receive deep suctioning via a tracheostomy which the court… Read more »
Re CA (Natural Delivery or Caesarean Section)
Summary This case concerned a 24 year old woman, CA, with a diagnosis of autism and a mild learning disability who, it was thought, had undergone some form of female… Read more »
N v A Local Authority
Summary This was a second s.21A challenge, the first being reported as Y County Council v ZZ [2012] EWCOP B34, where Moor J upheld the supervision arrangements. It concerned a… Read more »
AG v BMBC & Anor
Summary In this case, District Judge Bellamy has given some rare, and useful, clarification as to the seriousness of the consideration that must be given to the use of covert… Read more »
Re QQ
Summary and comment In this case, Keehan J was concerned with the question of whether it was in the best interests of QQ, a young woman with a diagnosis of… Read more »
WBC v Z and others
Summary This case concerned a 20 year old woman with Aspergers syndrome and an IQ in the range 70-75. In June 2014 the local authority where Z lived issued proceedings… Read more »
CWM Taf University v M
Summary F was born in 1948. From 1993 onwards, she had significant liver failure caused by chronic abuse of alcohol. She had been admitted to hospital on a number of… Read more »
The Mental Health Trust/The Acute Trust & The Council v DD (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor), BC (Number 1 and Number 2)
Summary: Both these cases concern DD, a 36 year old woman with a mild to borderline learning disability and autism spectrum disorder. At the time of the hearings she was… Read more »
A PCT v LDV, CC & B Healthcare Group
Summary: L was a former Winterbourne View patient. She was 33 years old and suffered from a mild learning disability and emotionally unstable personality disorder. On 25 May 2012, a… Read more »
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