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TW v LB Enfield and Secretary of State for Health | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether leave should be granted to allow an action for damages for wrongful detention and psychiatric injury to proceed against a local authority whose social worker made an application for detention under the Mental Health Act 1983; whether the requirement for leave breached Arts 6 and 14 ECHR. | 
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| Court:  | 
High Court, QBD | 
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| Reference:    | 
HQ13X00316 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2013] EWHC 1180 (QB) | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Bean J | 
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| Date:  | 
8 May 2013 |