Index card In re P (An Adult) (Discharge of Party)

In re P (An Adult) (Discharge of Party)

Hearings

England & Wales

16 Apr 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 512; [2021] 1 WLR 3098; [2021] WLR(D) 215, CA (Peter Jackson, Baker, Warby LJJ)

13 Jul 2021 (appn dis) [2021] 1 WLR 4682, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose JJSC)

Subject Matter

MENTAL DISORDER — Court of Protection — Discharge of party — Court of Protection making order discharging mother of vulnerable adult as party to proceedings — Mother given no notice of evidence on which order based and no opportunity to make representations — Whether procedure contrary to open justice principle, natural justice and right to fair trial — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 6, 8 — Court of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rr 1, 3

[2021] EWCA Civ 512; [2021] 1 WLR 3098; [2021] WLR(D) 215, CA

Commentary

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