Statute
Section 14 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Jurisdiction in relation to persons who lack competence to manage their affairs
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14 Jurisdiction in relation to persons who lack competence to manage their affairs (1) The High Court has jurisdiction and control in relation to— (a) mentally impaired persons who, in the opinion of the court, lack wholly or partly the competence to manage their own affairs; and (b) the property and managers of those persons. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to other enactments making provision in relation to those persons or their property or managers. Compare: 1908 No 89 s 17
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