An NHS Trust v A

Subject Matter

MENTAL DISORDER — Incapable person — Deprivation of liberty — Detained mental health patient requiring treatment for physical disorder — Authorisation sought for investigative medical procedures at general hospital and associated physical restraint of patient — Whether patient eligible to be deprived of liberty — Whether court able to grant authorisation sought — Mental Health Act 1983, s 3 — Mental Capacity Act 2005, s 16A, Sch 1A (as inserted by Mental Health Act 2007, s 50(1)(3), Sch 8)

[2015] EWCOP 71; [2016] Fam 223; [2016] 3 WLR 119; [2015] WLR (D) 456, Ct of Protection