Intellectually disabled man challenges marriage ban and High Court's wardship jurisdiction

An intellectually disabled man prevented by court order from entering into a civil legal marriage has initiated a legal challenge aimed at having the High Court's entire wardship jurisdiction struck down as unconstitutional.

Intellectually disabled man challenges marriage ban and High Court's wardship jurisdiction

An intellectually disabled man prevented by court order from entering into a civil legal marriage has initiated a legal challenge aimed at having the High Court's entire wardship jurisdiction struck down as unconstitutional.

The man, aged in his forties, objects to being taken into wardship and to the ban on his marriage.

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