‘The Court of Appeal announced on the day of the hearing of the appeal against the decision of Lieven J in Re J: Local Authority consent to Deprivation of Liberty [2024] EWHC 1690 (Fam), that it would allow the appeal. Today (29 April 2025), it gave its reasons for doing so (J v Bath and North East Somerset Council & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 478.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 29th April 2025
