Whether RYJ lacked capacity to litigate.
Held: For such capacity the person must understand the salient information but not necessarily all the peripheral detail.
Judges:
Macur J
Citations:
[2010] EWHC 2665 (COP), [2011] Fam Law 242, [2011] 1 FLR 1279
Links:
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – AMDC v AG and Another CoP 18-Nov-2020
Guidance for Expert Witnesses on Capacity
The court was asked as to the preparation and use of expert reports as to the capacity of a patient litigant.
Held: Poole J discussed what was need of expert witness in such cases: ‘it will benefit the court if the expert bears in mind the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
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Updated: 12 April 2022; Ref: scu.431237
