‘The Court of Protection on occasion has to deal with those who are determined to stymie its jurisdiction. In Kirk v Devon County Council [2017] EWCA Civ 34, Sir James Munby, through gritted teeth, accepted that the end of the line had been reached in relation to a P who had been abducted to Portugal. In Re AB & Ors [2025] EWCOP 27 (T3), McKendrick J refused to accept that the end of the line had yet been reached in relation to a P abducted to Jamaica. His reasons for giving a detailed judgment setting out the background and the concerns relating to P were two-fold.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 28th July 2025
