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Mental Capacity Law Cases
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 »
Re P (Sexual Relations and Contraception)
Summary This case concerned a young woman with learning disabilities, in respect of whom Court of Protection proceedings had been ongoing for a considerable period of time. In 2012, the… Read more »
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust v JF
Summary A 46 year old lady, N, had breast cancer, and had only a number of months to live. Whilst in the taxi on the way to the hospital to… Read more »
SR v a Local Authority
Summary A couple had been married for 58 years, and were devoted to each other. The wife developed dementia. She initially attended a day care centre whilst living at home,… 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 »
Mrs P v Rochdale Borough Council & Others
Summary Mrs P’s deprivation of liberty was authorised in a nursing home. By the time of the final hearing in the MCA section 21A proceedings, place of residence was not… Read more »
London Borough of Redbridge v G & Ors (No 4)
Summary: The unedifying saga of the Redbridge v G case that we have been reporting on in recent newsletters has come to an end for now at least, in the… Read more »
RC v CC & X Local Authority
Summary: With thanks to Adam Fullwood and Malcolm Chisholm for bringing this to our attention, this is an important decision on the approach to be adopted to the withholding of… Read more »
RGB v Cwm Taf Health Board & Ors
Summary: Mr B applied for contact with his wife, Mrs B, who was 70 and suffered from very advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She had been in hospital since June 2012 but… Read more »
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