Re H: CoP 5 Aug 2015

‘two provisions in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (‘MCA’) that seem to contradict each other. Section 16(4)(b) envisages that a deputyship appointment will be of limited duration, whereas section 19(5) facilitates an appointment that could last for decades’

Lush SJ
[2015] EWCOP 52
Bailii
Mental Capacity Act 2005 16(4)(b) 19(5)

Health, Agency

Updated: 03 January 2022; Ref: scu.551322