Case Law

Capacity, sexual relations and executive functioning: A Local Authority v ZX [2024] EWCOP 30

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Introduction

By Tim Spencer-Lane Introduction Executive functioning has been described as “the ability to think, act, and solve problems, including the functions of the brain which help us learn new information, remember and retrieve the information we’ve learned in the past, and use this information to solve problems of everyday life” (Mr Justice Cobb in A […]

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