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Sex and mental capacity – choice must be freely exercised by both parties

Case ref: [2014] EWCOP 53 When a mother with learning difficulties and her four children were taken into the care of the State, the case came before the Court of Protection to decide issues of residence, care and contact with ...

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20.12.2014

Injury evidence unproven

A Local Authority v M & Others [2013] (11 01 13) Miles & Partners represented a mother of three in a second fact-finding case which concluded there was insufficient evidence to find that injuries to her middle child were non-accidental. ...

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11.01.2013