Cardiff Council v Peggy Ross (2011) COP 28/10/11 12063905
Cardiff Council used the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to prevent an elderly couple going on holiday cruise; the court decided that it was in the respondent's best interests to go on the cruise, and gave permission for ITV Wales to report that decision and broadcast interviews; later the court decided that the respondent herself had capacity to decide whether or not to go.
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Before: HHJ Crispin Masterman
Hearing: 28/10/11
Stephen Reeder (instructed by Miles and Partners LLP) appeared for Peggy Ross
Thanks
Thanks to Alex Ruck Keene (39 Essex Chambers) for providing the judgment.
External links
No Bailii link (neutral citation is unknown or not applicable)
Miles and Partners LLP, 'Local Authority successfully challenged' (21/11/11)
ITV Wales: The Ferret (7/11/11)