Re C; C v Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council (2011) EWHC 3321 (COP) (December 2011)

Court of Protection proceedings to determine whether the accommodation of a 45 year old man with an acquired brain injury in a local authority care home amounted to a deprivation of his liberty. Held, on a narrow balance, that he was subject to a restriction on his liberty rather than being deprived of it.

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