By Daniel Clark, 31st January 2025 Mr H has lived in A Care Home since 2022. He is challenging his deprivation of liberty, pursuant to s21a of the Mental Capacity Act 2005[i], but the respondent local authority think that it is not in his best interests to return home. A brief (25 minutes) hearing in this caseContinue reading “Dispute about capacity and best interests in a s.21A application”
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Abuse and coercive control? A fact-finding hearing and exoneration
allegations against Miss F. They included allegations of physical and financial abuse and coercive control, and an allegation that she’d deliberately administered an insulin overdose when she visited him in hospital. There were also reports of her being obstructive and hostile to healthcare professionals trying to support Mr G.
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 