Cardiff Council used the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to prevent an elderly couple going on holiday cruise; the court decided that it was in the respondent's best interests to go on the cruise, and gave permission for ITV Wales to report that decision and broadcast interviews; later the court decided that the respondent herself had capacity to decide whether or not to go.
Before: HHJ Crispin Masterman
Hearing: 28/10/11
Stephen Reeder (instructed by Miles and Partners LLP) appeared for Peggy Ross
Not on Bailii
Transcript
Miles and Partners LLP, 'Local Authority successfully challenged' (21/11/11)
ITV Wales: The Ferret (7/11/11)
ITV Wales: Wales Tonight (7/11/11)
Martin Beckford, 'Elderly couple forced to go to court over council holiday ban' (Telegraph, 20/1/12)