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Mental Capacity Law Cases
Re ZK (No.2)
Summary This case is the sequel to one reported upon earlier here, and contains some important observations in relation to assessment of capacity and the revisiting of best interests decisions. … Read more »
Hull City Council v A & Ors
Summary In this case, Poole J was concerned with – in effect – what was less bad: allowing a woman with dementia to remain at home in the care of… Read more »
Re BU
Summary How does coercive control impact upon decision-making? And what can – and should – the courts do when the victim of coercive control cannot countenance an existence where the… Read more »
A Local Authority v TA & Ors
Summary The contours of this difficult case were sketched out economically in the opening paragraphs of the judgment: This case concerns the health, welfare, and care of GA, an 87-year-old… Read more »
ZK (Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: Best Interests)
Summary In this case, the court considered the residence and contact arrangements for a 37 year old man, and the place within those decisions for his wishes and feelings. ZK… Read more »
NG v Hertfordshire County Council & Ors
The (surprisingly) small body of reported cases relating to COVID-19 (representing the tip of a rather larger iceberg) has been added to in this important decision by Lieven J, concerning… Read more »
Re LW
In this case Hayden J was concerned with a 60-year-old woman, LW. She had been admitted to a specialist unit, initially detained under the MHA 1983, in a “truly parlous… Read more »
The Public Guardian v DJN
In this case P executed an LPA and subsequently became incapacitous. The OPG became concerned about the actions of the attorney and also about whether P had capacity to execute… Read more »
Lincolnshire County Council v Mr AB
Summary[1] Mr AB was a 51-year-old man with a diagnosis of moderate learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder, harmful use of alcohol and psychosis due to solvent abuse. Mr AB had,… Read more »
Manchester City Council v LC & Anor
Summary[1] This case, concerning the sexual relationships of LC, a young woman with autism and a learning disability, received considerable public attention shortly before this judgment was handed down, a… Read more »
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