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R (Elham Modaresi) v Secretary of State for Health, First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health), West London Mental Health NHS Trust

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Elham Modaresi) v Secretary of State for Health, First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health), West London Mental Health NHS Trust
   
Issue: Whether the failure of the Trust to process an application for a s2 Tribunal made just before a public holiday, such that the right to apply was lost, was unreasonable; whether the application should have been treated as received in time; whether the Secretary of State acted unreasonably in declining to make a reference to the Tribunal.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/416/2011
   
Neutral Citation:   [2011] EWHC 417 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Edwards-Stuart J
   
Date: 3 March 2011