Care Act duties to promote autonomy, choice, control
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights: the right to respect for private life and when it can legitimately be interfered with by the State (of which local authorities are one manifestation)
Unwise decision-making by people with mental capacity, involving risk
Best interests decisions, involving people lacking mental capacity, containing risk
Concept of the vulnerable adult, with capacity, but subject to undue influence, exploitation etc – and the relevance to safeguarding of other law (including the inherent jurisdiction, the law of equity, financial criminal offences, sexual offences)
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