A woman who wants her disabled elderly husband to leave a specialist unit and return home has lost a fight in a specialist court. The 74-year-old man suffered a brain
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Hospital bosses could face a negligence claim over the care of a breast cancer sufferer with mental health difficulties, a judge has been told. The 49-year-old woman has been at
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A judge is set to decide whether a man with mental health difficulties who admits having fantasies involving sexual violence and children can visit a prostitute. Council social services bosses
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A couple embroiled in a long-running dispute over the care of their autistic son have returned to court for the latest stage of a record-breaking case. The man, who has
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A High Court judge might have to decide whether doctors can force-feed an autistic prisoner being held on remand who is accused of killing a relative. Mrs Justice Lieven has
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The Mental Welfare Commission has published its first themed visit report looking at support for people with autism. The report focuses on one of the most vulnerable groups with this
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A Court of Protection judge has given a woman with learning difficulties a chance to find love. Eight years ago Sir Mark Hedley concluded, following a hearing in Leeds, that
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A mother broke down in tears as she told an inquest that the death of her “vulnerable” daughter at a private psychiatric hospital was “preventable”. Katharine Stamp, 30, who had
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An anorexic teenager who wants to go home must stay in specialist accommodation, a Court of Protection judge has decided. The 17-year-old girl, who at one stage weighed 4st 6lb
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Specialists have been given the go-ahead to swab the mouth of an elderly dementia sufferer so DNA tests can be carried out in a bid to establish whether he fathered
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