Webb’s parents say main concern is for his safety

The parents for Landon Webb say they are still concerned for his safety after he was found mentally competent after a court battle against the province’s Incompetent Persons Act.

Jeanne Desveaux, lawyer for Webb’s mother and father, told the court her clients were revoking their guardianship.

“He has improved to the extent that a guardian is no longer required,” Desveaux told reporters after the hearing. “The whole purpose of Mr. Landon being transitioned to the facility … (was) so that he could successfully live in the community.”

Brenda and Darrell had said their son functioned at the level of a 10 or 12-year-old, but Webb disagreed and filed the court challenge hoping to be free to live a normal life.

In the statement, the pair said no matter what the court rules, Landon will always be family and he’ll need support to continue to live independently.

“He will always remain our son,” they state. “The opinion has been that he is able to manage his own affairs, he will need support in this.”

They are also asking that the public to give their family, including Landon, privacy.

“I’m just really please I have my life back,” Webb said outside the courtroom. “Maybe this weekend I’ll just go down to the cottage at my friend’s place and just sit around the fire and look at the stars.”

Webb’s case attracted attention last October after he left a rehabilitation centre for several weeks, was found safe in Edmonton and returned to Nova Scotia, where he appeared in local media saying he is not incompetent.

The hearing opened with lawyers for the province conceding that sections of the Act are unconstitutional, Alex Cameron told the court it would be suspended for a year while new legislation is drafted.

Webb’s lawyers told the court they were seeking $25,000 in compensation from the province, arguing his treatment under the Act violated his charter rights.

He was placed in the Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre in Annapolis Valley in 2013 but after his trip to Edmonton was transferred to a transitional care facility, where he continued to live under round-the-clock supervision.

Brenda and Darrell Webb did not attend the hearing, all parties in the courtroom agreed the couple had their son’s best interests at heart.

“Hopefully, in the near future I’ll be able to have a relationship with them,” Landon Webb said. “I don’t hold a grudge.”

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