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Powers under guardianship still necessary where patient subject to deprivation of liberty standard authorisation (Upper Tribunal)
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Powers under guardianship still necessary where patient subject to deprivation of liberty standard authorisation (Upper Tribunal)
In GW v Gloucestershire County Council [2016] UKUT 496, the Upper Tribunal considered whether guardianship under the Mental Health Act 1983 was necessary where the patient was also subject to a standard authorisation under the deprivation of liberty safeguards in the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
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Published on 23-Nov-2016
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