Closed proceedings and covert medication? A recent case has created alarm. Is the Court of Protection too secretive? Are sufficient safeguards in place? In the first of a two-part series in NLJ, Dr Laura Davidson, of No5 Chambers, looks into a recent case concerning a vulnerable 20-year-old.
In this highly complex and unusual case, the court held contact between the mother and daughter was not in the daughter’s best interests due to concerns about the mother’s adverse influence. The daughter was covertly treated and the mother excluded.
Davidson looks at the case from a variety of angles—did the court strike the right balance?
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