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IN v St Andrews Healthcare

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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IN v St Andrews Healthcare
   
Issue: Whether a Tribunal had erred in law in failing to adjourn when a patient with capacity had failed to provide instructions to the legal representative appointed under r11(7)(a) Tribunal Procedure Rules 2008 and the legal representative had then withdrawn from the hearing; the proper approach when a patient with capacity declines to provide instructions.
   
Court: Upper Tribunal (AAC)
   
Reference:   UA-2023-000468-HM
   
Neutral Citation:   [2024] UKUT 411 (AAC)
   
Judge(s): UTJ Church
   
Date: 10 November 2024 (corrected 10 December 2024)