A recent Court of Protection judgment considered whether a 79 year old woman with alcohol related amnesia causing severe short term memory impairment had mental capacity to consume alcohol. This decision is rarely reported in published judgments. His Honour Judge Burrows concluded: ‘I am satisfied that she is unable to assess the risks associated with the consumption of alcohol and this needs to be regulated in her best interests by others.’ The case also looked at issues around sexual relations and contact with others.
The full judgment can be downloaded from: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCOP/2024/42.html
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