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Mental Capacity Law Cases
Cornwall Council v NP and BKP
Summary These reconstituted s.21A MCA proceedings concerned a 69-year-old man who, married for 35 years, collapsed in the marital home and was hospitalised with diagnoses of neurological sequelae of herpesviral… Read more »
VE v AO & Ors
Summary In this case, Lieven J was asked to determine whether it was in the best interests of a terminally ill woman to leave the care home where she was… Read more »
Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group v IPJ & Ors
In Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group v IPJ & Ors [2018] EWCOP 44, SJ Hilder considered a classic situation of “only one option” in relation to a young man of 24,… Read more »
LB Hackney v SJF
Summary This case concerned the care and residence of a 56 year old woman with significant physical health problems as well as schizophrenia and a learning disability. She had lived… Read more »
Newcastle City Council v TP and FW
Summary and Comment In a trilogy of judgments, HHJ Moir made findings of fact, determined mental incapacity, and made best interests decisions on behalf of a lady in her 60s… Read more »
P v Surrey County Council and Surrey Downs CCG
Summary P was 26 years old with severe learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder. His placement broke down and he was urgently moved into a care home on 5 September… Read more »
Bedford Borough Council v (1) Mrs LC (2) Mr C
Summary This case concerned LC’s (Mrs C’s) best interests in relation to residence, contact with her husband and a deprivation of her liberty. Mrs C was a 74 year old… 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 »
In the matter of RGS (No. 3)
Summary: As District Judge Eldergill says in his introduction, “these proceedings have a long history.” They concern an elderly man (now 84 years old), RGS who suffers from vascular dementia… Read more »
Westminster City Council v Manuela Sykes
Summary: Ms Manuela Sykes was by nature a fighter; a campaigner; a person of passion. Having been involved in many of the moral, political and ideological battles of the last… Read more »
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