Court of Protection: Anorexia nervosa is a condition which may render a patient without capacity to decide on treatmentby Rosalind EnglishThis judgment was handed down to parties via email at 3pm on 31st July 2025. I had heard evidence that on occasions they interfered with Patricia’s treatment but they explained that they were being manipulated by Patricia on a regular basis. What the court could not anticipate is how Patricia would react to the decision of the court. The judge’s view was that Patricia should have access to the treatment or lack of treatment that any other anorexic patient does. As Alex Ruck Keene has commented in detail on this case in his Mental Capacity Law and Policy blog.