Carers can help vulnerable clients visit sex workers, judge rules
A senior judge has ruled it is lawful for carers in specific circumstances to help clients find and pay for sex.
The young man at the centre of the case, known only as C, is fit and healthy but lives with carers because he needs daily help with many parts of his life. That request led to a hearing at the Court of Protection because it was not clear to C's carers whether they would act illegally if they agreed to help.Under England's complex prostitution laws, paying for sex is a not a crime - but actions that encourage its arrangement are.
"It is important to recognise that those with mental health disorders have, in the past, effectively been prevented, by the law, from engaging in sexual relations," said the judge.
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