J v The Foundation Trust

Subject Matter

MENTAL DISORDER — Admission for treatment — Validity of detention — Admission of mentally disordered patient incapable of giving or refusing consent — Patient suffering from mental and physical disorders — Patient objecting to admission for treatment — Whether patient “ineligible to be deprived of liberty” — Whether patient unlawfully detained — Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended by Mental Health Act 2007, ss 1(4), 4(1), 7(2)(3), Sch 1, para 2), ss 2, 3, 145 — Mental Capacity Act 2005 (as inserted by Mental Health Act 2007, s 50, Schs 7, 8, 9), ss 4A, 4B, 16A, 21A, Schs A1, 1A

[2009] EWHC 2972 (Fam); [2010] Fam 70; [2010] 3 WLR 840; [2010] 1 FLR 1251, Ct of Protection