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AA v Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and ZZ

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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AA v Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and ZZ
   
Issue: (i) whether an oral hearing on appeal was required; (ii) whether a litigation friend could be appointed; the approach when patients do not have capacity to give instructions; (iii) whether a review should be carried out by the same tribunal judge whose decision was being questioned; (iv) whether an application made by a patient in detention lapsed if the patient was placed on a Community Treatment Order.
   
Court: Upper Tribunal
   
Reference:   M/827/2009
   
Neutral Citation:   [2009] UKUT 195 (AAC)
   
Judge(s): UT Judge Rowland
   
Date: 1 October 2009