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High Court declares that an individual, who has been under wardship since 1987 due to a severe accident resulting in intellectual disability and profound deafness, lacks the capacity to make decisions regarding his health, personal welfare, and financial affairs, even with the assistance of a co-decision-maker; and consequently, the court appoints the individual's sister and niece as decision-making representatives, acting jointly and severally, and ordered his discharge from wardship.
Wardship - Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 - intellectual disability - profound deafness - capacity assessment - decision-making representative (DMR) - family support - discharge from wardship - Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 - reporting restrictions - Decision Support Service (DSS) - review of capacity - costs adjudication.
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