# Case (Capacity and contempt). Macpherson v Sunderland City Council \[2025\] EWCOP 18 (T3)

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— The Court of Protection decided, the matter having been referred by the Court of Appeal, that the appellant had had capacity to conduct proceedings when she had been imprisoned for contempt, and that she currently had capacity to conduct an appeal.

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Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Macpherson\_v\_Sunderland\_City\_Council\_(2025)\_EWCOP\_18\_(T3)?id=180925-0857](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Macpherson_v_Sunderland_City_Council_(2025)_EWCOP_18_(T3)?id=180925-0857)