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R v Gurjeet Lall (Reference under s36 Criminal Justice Act 1988)

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Gurjeet Lall (Reference under s36 Criminal Justice Act 1988)
   
Issue: Whether orders under ss37/41 Mental Health Act 1983 for a manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility were unduly lenient and should be replaced by an indeterminate custodial sentence and an order under s45A of the 1983 Act.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2021/101/A4
   
Neutral Citation:   [2021] EWCA Crim 404
   
Judge(s): Bean LJ, Lambert and Calver JJ
   
Date: 19 March 2021