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Re D (mental patient: nearest relative) |
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What amounts to “caring for” a patient so as to become a “nearest relative” under the Mental Health Act 1983; the test to be applied when a patient challenges his detention under s3 of the Act on the basis that the social worker consulted as nearest relative the wrong person. |
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| Court: |
Court of Appeal |
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| Reference: |
FC3 00/5338/C |
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| Judge(s): |
Otton LJ, Hooper J |
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| Date: |
9 May 2000 |