View source for Matter v Slovakia 31534/96 (1999) ECHR 38

''Proceedings relating to capacity are covered by Art 6 ECHR; in assessing whether the proceedings are completed within a reasonable time, account has to be taken of any complexity arising from the need for expert evidence and any conduct by the patient, but special diligence is required from the court in light of the importance of the question. A forced medical examination, which is an interference for the purposes of Art 8(1), could be a proportionate method of protecting a patient’s rights as part of the resolution of capacity proceedings and so justified for the purposes of Art 8(2) ECHR.'' [MHLR.]

==MHLR==
{{MHLR|1999|135}}

==Old wiki summary==
''In proceedings to determine whether or not legal capacity could be restored to the applicant, the domestic courts failed to act with the special diligence required by [[Article 6]](1).''

==External link==
{{#bailii:[1999] ECHR 38}}


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