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R (B) v (1) Dr SS (2) Dr AC (3) Secretary of State for the Health Department | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether a challenge to a decision to medicate a patient should proceed when the question had become academic; whether the statutory provisions allowing compulsory treatment of a capacitated detained patient violated Arts 3, 8 and 14 ECHR. | 
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| Court:  | 
Administrative Court | 
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| Reference:    | 
CO/3489/2004 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2005] EWHC 86 (Admin) | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Silber J | 
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| Date:  | 
31 January 2005 |