New case alert: P v Surrey County Council & Anor [2015] EWCOP 54

P, aged 26, had been placed in a care home as a matter of urgency, after which a standard authorisation was granted. The issue here was whether the first respondent had acted lawfully in depriving P of his liberty when it knew that the care home was not suitable in the medium or longer term because it had been told so by the social worker undertaking the best interests assessment.

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