Widening the ‘Bournewood Gap’?
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https://doi.org/10.19164/ijmhcl.v0i4.304Abstract
These proceedings were a sequel to the case reported as Re F (Mental Health Act: Guardianship), in which the Court of Appeal held that wardship proceedings were preferable to guardianship proceedings under section 7 of the Mental Health Act 1983 where there were concerns for the wellbeing of a seventeen-year-old girl who had a mental age of between five and eight years.Published
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