The appellant appealed a decision of the Consent and Capacity Board confirming his involuntary admission, community treatment order, and incapacity to consent to antipsychotic medication.
The appellant argued the Board erred by not assessing incapacity in the context of informed consent and by making a blanket finding of incapacity.
The Superior Court of Justice dismissed the appeal, finding the Board's decision was reasonable.
The court held that the appellant's delusions rendered him unable to appreciate the reasonably foreseeable consequences of a treatment decision, and that the finding of incapacity was properly related to a specific treatment and time.
