X City Council v MB, NB and MAB [FD]

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date13 February 2006
Neutral Citation[2006] EWHC 168 (Fam)
Date13 February 2006
CourtFamily Division

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39 cases
  • Westminster City Council v C and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 March 2008
    ...if it is not recognised in English law it will not be recognised by English public authorities.” 71 X City Council v MB, NB and MAB (by his Litigation Friend the Official Solicitor) has a number of similarities with the instant appeal. The subject of the proceedings, B was aged 25 and aut......
  • Luton Borough Council (Applicant) SB (1st Respondent) RS (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) (2nd Respondent)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 3 December 2015
    ...RS lacks capacity to consent to sexual relations, itself a fundamental requisite of marriage: see X City Council v MB, NB & MAB [2006] EWHC 168 (Fam). Accordingly, I have little difficulty, in the circumstances, in concluding that RS lacks the capacity to marry. Potential for achieving ......
  • Ealing London Borugh Council v KS & Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 3 April 2008
  • Re S (Child as parent: Adoption: Consent)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 2 November 2017
    ...capacity case law including In re C (Adult: Refusal of Treatment) [1994] 1 WLR 290 at pp 292 and 295, and MAB X City Council v MB [ [2006] EWHC 168 (Fam) at [74] and [84] ([74]: "Her knowledge and understanding need not be complete or sophisticated. It is enough that she has sufficient rudi......
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  • The Court Of Protection - Recent Cases And Comments On Procedure (Part 1)
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 1 July 2010
    ...to consent to sexual relations, the House of Lords also considered the judgment of Munby J (as he then was) in X City Council v MB [2006] EWHC 168 (Fam) which dealt with the common law test for capacity to consent to sexual relations. Baroness Hale said that she was 'far from sure' that the......