‘SF is a married woman, aged 45 years old. Her husband, AF, is significantly older than her, and is retired. The couple live together. SF suffers from mild learning disability, type 2 diabetes, depression, and frontal lobe dementia; her presentation has been described as ‘extremely complex’. SF has difficulty communicating and expressing herself, and has difficulty in understanding language.
SF is the subject of proceedings which were issued in the Court of Protection in March 2019 by a Local Authority in Yorkshire (the ‘Local Authority’) by which it seeks declarations in relation to SF’s capacity in a number of areas of SF’s life, as a prelude, as appropriate, to court-determined best interests’ decisions. ‘
Judges:
The Honourable Mr Justice Cobb
Citations:
[2020] EWCOP 15
Links:
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Health
Updated: 22 November 2022; Ref: scu.650607
