View source for TX v A Local Authority (2014) EWCOP 29, (2014) MHLO 117

"X is a retired lawyer who has suffered, or appears to have suffered, from Korsakoff's syndrome, a mental illness related to the over-consumption of alcohol. ... An urgent authorisation was obtained on 1st May and a standard authorisation to detain him on 13th May. ... X appealed that standard authorisation, hence the case being listed before me in late May. ... X now has capacity to make decisions as to residence, care and medical treatment and that has been amply demonstrated in the case. Even if he has other problems he can reflect and logically reason, and is much improved from the man he was last December. That does not mean he will not relapse. It does not mean that he will not be foolish enough to resume drinking but, in my judgment, in all the circumstances it would be inappropriate to make a declaration under section 48 and in those circumstances, in the absence of a standard authorisation, his compulsory detention comes to an end."

==Citations==
Previously on Bailii as: X v A Local Authority [2014] EWCOP B25. That neutral citation has since been allocated to a different case.

Previously on MHLO as: [2014] MHLO 92

==External link==
{{#bailii:(2014) EWCOP 29}}

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