In re J (An Adult) (Deprivation of Liberty: Safeguards)

Subject Matter

MENTAL DISORDER — Incapable person — Deprivation of liberty — Local authority placing elderly incapacitated person in residential home despite her objection — Local authority failing to comply with deprivation of liberty safeguards — Whether unlawful deprivation of liberty — Extent of duty on local authority to ensure person lacking capacity able to challenge deprivation of liberty — Whether relevant person’s representative eligible, properly selected and appointed — Whether independent mental capacity advocate properly selected and appointed — Human Rights Act 1998, s 6, Sch 1, Pt I, art 5 — Mental Capacity Act 2005 (as amended by Mental Health Act 2007, ss 50, 56, Sch 7, para 1, Sch 9, paras 2, 6), ss 21A, 39D, 40(1)(b), Sch A1, para 140 — Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Independent Mental Capacity Advocates) (General) Regulations 2006, reg 6 — Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Appointment of Relevant Persons Representative) Regulations 2008, reg 3

[2015] EWCOP 5; [2015] Fam 291; [2015] 3 WLR 683; [2015] WLR (D) 64, Ct of Protection