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Care workers would be in danger of committing an offence if they arranged for a man with mental health disabilities to visit a sex worker, Court of Appeal judges have ruled.
Three appeal judges overturned a ruling by a High Court judge and upheld a Government challenge.
Lord Burnett, the Lord Chief Justice, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Baker outlined their decision in a written ruling published on Friday.
Care workers could be committing an offence if they arranged for a man with mental health disabilities to visit a sex worker, three Court of Appeal judges have ruled
Mr Justice Hayden, who is based in the Family Division of the High Court in London, had earlier this year considered the 27-year-old man's case at a hearing in the Court of Protection.
This is where judges make rulings relating to people who lack the mental capacity to take decisions.
The judge ruled that that care workers would not commit an offence, under the 2003 the Sexual Offences Act if they made 'practical arrangements' for the man to visit a sex worker in
