The appellant appealed decisions of the Consent and Capacity Board confirming her involuntary admission and incapacity to consent to treatment for an eating disorder.
Following the hearing, the appellant was discharged, regained capacity, and her community treatment order was terminated.
The respondent moved to admit fresh evidence of these developments and argued the appeal was moot.
The Superior Court allowed the fresh evidence and dismissed the appeal as moot, finding no live controversy or special circumstances to justify hearing it.
In the alternative, the court held it would have dismissed the appeal on the merits, as the Board's decisions were reasonable and free of palpable and overriding error.
