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Mental Capacity Law Cases
Birmingham CC v SR; Lancashire CC v JTA
Summary Two local authorities made streamlined Re X applications on COPDOL11 forms to authorise the deprivation of liberty of two individuals who were either about to be (SR), or had… Read more »
Secretary of State for Justice v MM; Welsh Ministers v PJ
Summary This long-awaited decision considers the fall-out of Cheshire West in relation to conditional discharges (‘MM’) and community treatment orders (‘PJ’) under the Mental Health Act 1983. The appeals proceeded… Read more »
MM v WL Clinic and MHS
Summary The patient was 32 years old with a diagnosis of mild learning disability, autistic spectrum disorder and pathological fire starting. Convicted of arson, the Crown Court imposed… Read more »
Secretary of State for Justice v KC and C Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Summary Ever since the decision in SSJ v RB [2011] EWCA Civ 1608 it has been difficult to discharge restricted patients from detention under the Mental Health Act 1983. Often… Read more »
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