Mental Capacity in UK Law
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Masterman-Lister v Brutton; Masterman-Lister v Jewell
... ... was common ground before the judge that because of his physical and mental disabilities he is very unlikely ever to be able to obtain worthwhile ... that the judge erred in law in that he applied the wrong test for capacity, and various criticisms are made of the way in which he formulated the ... ...
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P (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v Cheshire West and Chester Council and another
... ... known as the deprivation of liberty safeguards, set out in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 ("the Mental Capacity Act"). If they do not, no ... ...
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Re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation); F v West Berkshire HA
... ... It is sufficient if they pass as professional communications in a professional capacity." ... 45 But in cases falling within (b) the position is quite otherwise. Litigation, apprehended or actual, is its ... ...
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Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James
... ... 1 This is the first case under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to come before this Court. That Act provides for ... ...
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Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
... ... She found no other evidence of mental disturbance but gave instructions that, as a suicide risk, he should be ... only be held to the degree of care permitted by his diminished capacity. The worse the suicidal patient's diminished capacity, the greater the ... ...
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Re SA (Vulnerable Adult with Capacity: Marriage)
... ... in such circumstances and being extremely isolated are significant and, in my view, would pose a significant risk to her future wellbeing and mental health." ... 16 In a supplementary report dated 24 November 2005 Dr Parsons considered whether SA has capacity ... ...
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Re T (an Adult) (Consent to Medical Treatment)
... ... An adult patient who, like Miss T., suffers from no mental incapacity has an absolute right to choose whether to consent to medical ... She was mentally competent and she had the capacity to decide for herself. I recognise that this finding stands in stark c ... ...
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R (on the application of Nicklinson and another) v Ministry of Justice; R (on the application of AM) v DPP
... ... that she had a claim in her own right) and substituted (in her capacity as administratrix of Mr Nicklinson's estate) as a party to the ... , the House of Lords followed its earlier decision in In re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation) [1990] 2 AC 1 , and in adopting the ... ...
- Re P (A Child) (care and placement order proceedings: mental capacity of parent) ; P v Nottingham City Council
- P v P (Contempt of Court: Mental Capacity)
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