15 December 2020 Priya Vaidya 2651 Case Updates DP v London Borough of Hillingdon [2020] EWCOP 45, 2020 WL 05819325 by Priya Vaidya The case: Mental health and mental capacity assessments were carried out on 30th August 2019 by Dr Omolade Longe. The assessment concluded that DP lacks capacity to decide whether or not to be accommodated in the care home. Dr Longe assessed DP as being able both to understand and to retain information relevant to his care and accommodation but as being unable to use/weigh the information. Dr Longe also assessed DP as being unable to communicate his decision. To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. Already a member? Login Share Print Tags Capacity cases10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Related articles Categorisation of injuries for sentencing purposes Psychologists and general practitioner records Blackpool Borough Council v RR [2026] EWFC 69 Dermot Speight & Ors (as trustees of the Thornaby Angling Association) v Robert James Pickersgill [2026] EWCC 48 Downes v Ostrowicka 118DC085 Switch article The responsibility of experts in relation to their written evidence Previous Article Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited v Wyeth LLC [2020] EWHC 2636 (Pat), 2020 WL 06065614 Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.