The Weekly Law Reports
[2011] 2 WLR 878
Court of Protection
In re
A (Capacity: Refusal of Contraception)
[2010] EWHC 1549 (Fam)
2010 May 17–
21;
June 24
June 24
Bodey J
Mental disorder— Medical treatment, consent to— Capacity— Vulnerable adult refusing contraceptive treatment— Whether capacity to refuse treatment— Whether test of capacity limited to understanding of immediate medical issues surrounding contraceptive treatment or including understanding of wider social issues involved in child rearing— Whether in vulnerable adult’s best interests to receive contraceptive treatment—
Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9), ss 1, 2, 3