— A Scottish patient was transferred to an English psychiatric hospital in 2015, was fit for discharge in 2017, and was eventually discharged in 2022 to a placement in England because nothing could be found in Scotland. Aberdeenshire Council sought to have a Scottish Guardianship Order recognised and enforced in England. All parties agreed that she was habitually resident in Scotland; this judgment sets out the law and explains why the judge agreed.
Full details available at: https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Aberdeenshire_Council_v_SF_(2023)_EWCOP_28?id=030723-1146