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R (Michael Mwanza) v LB Greenwich and LB Bromley

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Michael Mwanza) v LB Greenwich and LB Bromley
   
Issue: The extent of the obligation to provide aftercare under s117 Mental Health Act 1983 and/or s21 National Assistance Act 1948; whether either was engaged in relation to a man from Zambia who had been a patient under s3 of the 1983 Act some years previously and whose mental health was deteriorating because of financial difficulties, but who was being cared for by his family and who did not have leave to remain in the UK.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/2734/2010
   
Neutral Citation:   [2010] EWHC 1462 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Hickinbottom J
   
Date: 15 June 2010