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Capacity: Test of capacity to conduct proceedings
Deirdre Goodwin provides analysis and considers the effect of a finding of incapacity to conduct proceedings upon the status of settlements not approved under CPR r21 ‘The re-assertion of the principle that an apparently fully informed and properly advised settlement will be treated as void if a claimant is retrospectively considered to be a protected …
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