Autonomy “squashed by coercion”

Devon and Cornwall Police have made an unusual application under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court to stop a woman (who has mental capacity and can decide for herself) from travelling to the Middle East, where she is at high risk of “honour based killing” from her family who think she has cheated on her husband. The court granted the police’s application, seized her passport, and gave the woman some breathing space to think through her options.