B v A Local Authority [2019] EWCA Civ 913

An appeal and cross appeal following the judgment of Cobb J in the Court of Protection, in which he made declarations regarding the mental capacity of the subject, B, to make decisions to use social media, consent to sexual relations and to decide where she resides. Decision: The OS’s appeal was dismissed and the Local Authority’s appeal was allowed on the basis that there was a direct conflict between the decision made as to B’s capacity in some respects and lack of capacity to make decisions in others.