Hearings
23 Jan 2014 [2014] EWCA Civ 37; [2015] Fam 61; [2014] 3 WLR 409; [2014] 3 All ER 491; [2014] WLR (D) 31, CA
22 May 2014 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused
In re M (An Adult) (Capacity: Consent to Sexual Relations)
Subject Matter
MENTAL DISORDER — Capacity — Consent to sexual relations — Person suffering significantly deteriorated mental function after surgery — Whether capacity to consent to sexual relations — Whether test for capacity including consideration of person’s ability to use and to weigh relevant information — Whether test concerned with capacity to consent to general rather than to specific sexual relations — Whether judge applying correct test — Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 3
[2014] EWCA Civ 37; [2015] Fam 61; [2014] 3 WLR 409; [2014] 3 All ER 491; [2014] WLR (D) 31, CA
Appellate History
In re M (An Adult) (Capacity: Consent to Sexual Relations) [2014] EWCA Civ 37; [2015] Fam 61; [2014] 3 WLR 409; [2014] 3 All ER 491; [2014] WLR (D) 31, CA
Decision of Peter Jackson J affirmed
In re M (An Adult) (Capacity: Consent to Sexual Relations) [2014] EWCA Civ 37; [2015] Fam 61; [2014] 3 WLR 409; [2014] 3 All ER 491; [2014] WLR (D) 31, CA