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AR had been detained under ss.37/41 MHA 1983 since 1993. The tribunal refused his application for the hearing to be in public. The issues were (a) AR’s capacity; and (b)… Read more »
Summary This case concerned a 34-year-old man (‘CC’) with psychotic depression, mixed personality disorder who was deaf, had diabetes and was detained under s.3 of the Mental Health Act 1983…. Read more »
Summary In this case, Lieven J had to grapple with the intersection between the MCA, the MHA and the inherent jurisdiction in addressing the question of whether it would be… Read more »
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 »
Summary With the Legal Aid Agency having taken more than a year to determine the patient’s funding application, this appeal finally reached the Upper Tribunal to consider the disclosure of… Read more »
Summary Since 2014, Mr Djaba had been accommodated in a “super seclusion suite” at Broadmoor under a restricted hospital order (Mental Health Act 1983 ss37/41). Built entirely for his confinement,… Read more »
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 »
Summary The potential tragedy in this case is summed up in its final paragraph: I know that W understandably considers that she has in some way failed. I certainly do… Read more »
Summary The issue in this case was whether it was in the best interests of a 43 year old woman, CD, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia to have a total… Read more »
Summary Charles J, sitting as President of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) has extended the conclusions reached in KD v A Borough Council and the Dep of Health [2015]… Read more »
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