Hearings
England & Wales
29 Jan 2015 [2015] EWCOP 3; [2015] Fam 239; [2015] 3 WLR 190; [2016] 1 All ER 71; [2015] WLR (D) 42, Ct of Protection (Hayden J)
In re M (Incapacitated Adult) (Best Interests Declaration: Potential Contempt)
Subject Matter
MENTAL DISORDER — Court of Protection — Jurisdiction — Contempt of court — Declaration as to residence made in best interests proceedings concerning incapacitous adult — Removal of incapacitous adult from jurisdiction in deliberate defiance of declaration — Whether power to commit for contempt of court — Whether parens patriae wardship principle applying — Mental Capacity Act 2005, ss 15, 16, 47(1), 48
[2015] EWCOP 3; [2015] Fam 239; [2015] 3 WLR 190; [2016] 1 All ER 71; [2015] WLR (D) 42, Ct of Protection