The Official Solicitor's view and independent expert's opinion was that EH, an elderly lady with dementia, should be assisted to continue to live at home; notwithstanding this, the judge agreed with the local authority that it was in EH's best interests to be deprived of her liberty in residential accommodation for her own safety.
Bailii - No transcript on Bailii at time of writing
Transcript
Essex St Public Law Newsletter, August 2009 - Brief summary of case
Michael Dunn 'Autonomy and welfare as amici curiae' (2010) 18(1) Med L Rev 86