Index card A County Council v LW (Practice Note)

A County Council v LW (Practice Note)

Hearings

England & Wales

22 Jul 2020 [2020] EWCOP 50; [2020] 4 WLR 164; [2020] WLR(D) 638, Ct of Protection (Hayden J)

Subject Matter

MENTAL DISORDER — Incapable person — Best interests — Exposure to abuse — Vulnerable adult in long-term relationship with partner subjecting her to controlling and abusive behaviours — Importance of understanding wider evidential picture to effective safeguarding — Guidance on identifying abusive behaviours to which vulnerable adults in particular might be subjected — Serious Crime Act 2015 (c 9), s 77(1)

[2020] EWCOP 50; [2020] 4 WLR 164; [2020] WLR(D) 638, Ct of Protection

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