Brain Damaged Woman Wins Right to Have Sex

Brain Damaged Woman Wins Right to Have Sex

IM v (1) LM (2) AB) & Liverpool City Council [2014] EWCA Civ37

The Court of Appeal carried out a comprehensive review of the case law in this area and unanimously concluded that the test for determining capacity to engage in sexual relations was not "person specific" buy required a much simpler issue or situation specific approach.

Read the full case summary here: http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2014/37.html&query=im&method=boolean

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