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R (Munjaz) v Mersey Care NHS Trust

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Munjaz) v Mersey Care NHS Trust
   
Issue: Whether a hospital policy on seclusion that departed from the Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983 was lawful; the status of the Code of Practice.
   
Court: House of Lords
   
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Neutral Citation:   [2005] UKHL 58
   
Judge(s): Lords Bingham, Steyn, Hope, Scott and Brown
   
Date: 13 October 2005