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High Court imposes six month imprisonment term for failure to comply with court order requiring return of mentally incapacitated adult to the UK

In Re M [2016] EWCOP 42, a judgment that has recently been made available, the High Court imposed a sentence of six months imprisonment for contempt of court on a 71 year old woman who removed a mentally incapacitated man from the UK and failed to comply with court orders requiring her to facilitate his return.

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Published on 19-Oct-2016
Resource Type Legal update: case report
Jurisdictions
  • England
  • Wales
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