KK v Leeds CC & DK [2020] EWCOP 64
This was a decision of Cobb J in which he considered the rules relating to joinder in Court of Protection Proceedings and the correct procedure in circumstances where the existing parties resist joinder of an applicant, but for reasons which are not openly stated.
This was a decision of Mr Justice Cobb in Court of Protection proceedings concerning DK, a 19-year-old highly vulnerable woman with global learning disabilities, an autistic spectrum disorder, and associated profound needs. Leeds City Council ( the LA ) asserted that DK lacked capacity to make decisions about her residence, contact with others, and use of social media and sought declarations and welfare orders in these respects.