The court’s inherent powers extend to authorising an adult with mental incapacity to be detained for his own protection in such a place and the use of reasonable force (if necessary) to detain him and ensure that he remains there.
Citations:
[1996] 2 FLR 613
Cited by:
Cited – In re PS (an Adult), Re; City of Sunderland v PS by her litigation friend the Offcial Solcicitor and CA; Re PS (Incapacitated or Vulnerable Adult) FD 9-Mar-2007
The patient an elderly lady with limited mental capacity was to be returned from hospital, but her daughter said she was to come home. The local authority sought to prevent this, wanting to return her to a residential unit where she had lived for . .
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Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.269962
