Co-ordinating Deprivation of Liberty: Human Rights Turned Upside Down

Explores the Court of Protection decision in Cardiff CC v Ross in which the local authority sought to prevent a care home resident, suffering from dementia, from going on a cruise with her long-term partner. Discusses why the local authority took out a deprivation of liberty safeguard (DOLS) standard authorisation depriving Mrs Ross of her liberty and the unlawfulness of such action as Mrs Ross did not meet the necessary requirements under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Sch.A1. Argues that the DOLS were only intended for use where a person needed care or treatment for a mental or physical condition and to use it for other purposes is an abuse of power