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2002

Cases Reported


R (On the Application of C) v Lincolnshire Health Authority (Administrative Court) 1
Issue: Whether it was lawful to close a residential complex for those with learning disabilities.
 
R (On the Application of C) v Lincolnshire Health Authority (Court of Appeal) 10
Issue: Whether it was lawful to close a residential complex for those with learning disabilities.
 
R (On the Application of Ashworth Hospital Authority) v Mental Health Review Tribunal 13
Issue: Whether a Tribunal decision to discharge a patient was reasonable and adequately reasoned; whether the re-sectioning of the patient was proper in light of the Tribunal order.
 
R (On the Application of Wirral Health Authority and Wirral Borough Council) v (1) Mental Health Review Tribunal (2) Dr Finnegan; DE as Interested Party 34
Issue: Whether the quashing of a Tribunal decision to discharge caused the underlying order to revive.
 
R v Mark Skermer 40
Issue: Whether a custodial sentence was appropriate in light of the medical evidence.
 
R v Heather Grant 41
Issue: Whether the procedures under the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 breached Arts 5 and 6 European Convention in relation to a defendant charged with murder.
 
R (On the Application of John Kenneally) v Snaresbrook Crown Court 53
Issue: Whether an order made by a Crown Court judge under s51 Mental Health Act 1983 should be quashed.
 
R v Theresa Mary Stevens 63
Issue: Whether a custodial sentence was appropriate for an offence of theft in breach of trust in light of the medical evidence.
 
R v James Anthony Drew 65
Issue: Whether the imposition of an automatic life sentence for a second serious offence breached the European Convention in relation to an offender who qualified for a hospital order.
 
R (On the Application of N) v Mental Health Review Tribunal 70
Issue: Whether a Tribunal decision was lawful in light of the evidence that the risk a patient posed could not be quantified; whether the reasons were adequate.
 
R (On the Application of IH) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and Others 77
Issue: Whether the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 relating to the deferred conditional discharge of restricted patients are compatible with Art 5 European Convention
 
R (On the Application of IH) v (1) Secretary of State for the Home Department (2) Secretary of State for Health 87
Issue: Whether the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 relating to the deferred conditional discharge of restricted patients are compatible with Art 5 European Convention
 
R (On the Application of C) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 105
Issue: Whether the Home Secretary was right to refer a case back to a Tribunal under s71 Mental Health Act 1983 after a deferred conditional discharge.
 
R (On the Application of S) v Plymouth City Council (Administrative Court) 111
Issue: Whether it was necessary to disclose social services files in relation to the subject of a guardianship application.
 
R (On the Application of S) v Plymouth City Council (Court of Appeal) 118
Issue: Whether it was necessary to disclose social services files in relation to the subject of a guardianship application.
 
R v Mico Ristic 129
Issue: Whether a restriction order under s41 Mental Health Act 1983 was required.
 
R (On the Application of LH) v (1) Mental Health Review Tribunal (2) Secretary of State for Health 130
Issue: Whether the failure to move a patient from high secure conditions breached Arts 3 and/or 5 European Convention.
 
R v Alan Cornelius 134
Issue: Whether an extended licence period was appropriate.
 
R (On the Application of L) v Mental Health Review Tribunal 136
Issue: Whether a claim for breach of Art 5 should continue after the Claimant absconded.
 
Re C (Mental Patient: Habeas Corpus) 138
Issue: Whether an application for habeas corpus should be permitted to proceed.
 
R v Neville Gunning 139
Issue: Whether a sentence of imprisonment or a hospital order should be imposed.
 
R (On the Application of PG) v (1) LB Ealing (2) Ealing Hospital Mangers (3) Jonathon Scott 140
Issue: Whether there was a power to order the cross-examination of those involved in determining whether the nearest relative objected to a s3 treatment order.
 
R v Michael Czarnota 144
Issue: Whether a restriction order was appropriate.
 
R (On the Application of PW) v Mental Health Review Tribunal London North and East Region 146
Issue: Whether the Tribunal’s reasons were adequate; whether a mistake of law as to the status of the patient vitiated the decision.
 
R (On the Application of E) v Ashworth Hospital Authority 150
Issue: Whether restrictions on cross-dressing were ultra vires the Mental Health Act 1983 and/or breached Art 8 European Convention.
 
Martin Masterman-Lister v (1) Jewell (2) Home Counties Dairies (3) Brutton & Co 161
Issue: Whether the claimant was a patient within the Mental Health Act in relation to his capacity to manage his affairs.
 
R (On the Application of JW) v Dr G Feggetter and Mental Health Act Commission 178
Issue: Whether the SOAD is required to give reasons for his or her decision.
 
R (On the Application of H and others) v The Leonard Cheshire Foundation (Administrative Court) 185
Issue: Whether a charity was a “public authority” under the Human Rights Act 1998 in relation to its running of a home for disable residents; whether it was amenable to judicial review.
 
R (On the Application of H and another) v The Leonard Cheshire Foundation (Court of Appeal) 201
Issue: Whether a charity was a “public authority” under the Human Rights Act 1998 in relation to its running of a home for disable residents; whether it was amenable to judicial review.
 
HM v Switzerland 209
Issue: Whether the placement of an elderly women in an old persons’ home because of inadequate care in her home was in breach of Art 5 European Convention.
 
Edwards v UK 220
Issue: Whether Arts 2 and 13 European Convention were breached in the killing of a prisoner by another, who was mentally ill.
 
R (On the Application of Secretary of State for the Home Department) v Mental Health Review Tribunal 241
Issue: The lawfulness of a discharge from hospital on condition that a patient not leave a hostel without an escort.
 
R (On the Application of P) v Mental Health Review Tribunal (Administrative Court) 250
Issue: Whether a Tribunal correctly interpreted the definition of psychopathic disorder.
 
R (On the Application of P) v Mental Health Review Tribunal (Court of Appeal) 253
Issue: Whether a Tribunal correctly interpreted the definition of psychopathic disorder.
 
R (On the Application of the Home Secretary) v Mental Health Review Tribunal; G as Interested Party 260
Issue: Whether a Tribunal erred in requiring a hospital to prove a patient suffered from psychopathic disorder, or in failing to consider whether a discharge should be conditional as opposed to absolute.
 
R (On the Application of C and Others) v Brent, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Health NHS Trust 265
Issue: Whether the closure of a home breached the patients’ legitimate expectations or rights under Art 8 European Convention.
 
R (On the Application of T) v Mental Health Review Tribunal 275
Issue: Whether a Tribunal was able to supply information on the conditions of discharge of a restricted patient to the former partner of the patient.
 
R (On the Application of H) v Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare Trust 282
Issue: Whether a decision to redetain a discharged patient was lawful; whether the reasons given were adequate.
 
R (On the Application of Dillon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 293
Issue: Whether a prisoner repatriated from Denmark under an order of “safe custody” should be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 or as a discretionary life sentence prisoner.
 
R (On the Application of A) v Partnerships in Care Limited 298
Issue: Whether the decision of a private hospital to change the focus of a ward was amenable to judicial review or subject to the Human Rights Act 1998.
 
R (On the Application of P) v Barking Youth Court 304
Issue: The procedure to be followed in relation to summary-only offences where a defendant is not fit to stand trial.
 
R v Frank Johnson 308
Issue: Whether a 1976 conviction was unsafe in light of fresh evidence that the defendant had not been fit to stand trial.
 
1. R (On the Application of Ashworth Hospital Authority) v Mental Health Review Tribunal; 2. R (On the Application of H) v Ashworth Hospital Authority 314
Issue: Whether a Tribunal decision to discharge a patient was reasonable and adequately reasoned; whether the re-sectioning of the patient was proper in light of the Tribunal order.
 
R (On the Application of B) v Ashworth Hospital Authority 336
Issue: Whether a patient detained under the classification of mental illness could be treated on a ward for those suffering from personality disorder.
 
R v Peter Goode 337
Issue: Whether a restriction order was appropriate; whether the judge was right to express a provisional view.
 
R (On the Application of M) v Ashworth Hospital Authority 344
Issue: The lawfulness of the seclusion policy in operation at Ashworth Hospital.
 
R (On the Application of H) v (1) Mental Health Review Tribunal (2) Secretary of State for Health 362
Issue: Whether a Tribunal’s decision not to recommend the transfer of a patient to a location closer to his home was lawful and adequately reasoned.
 
Petition of WM 367
Issue: Whether the administration of medication without consent breached Arts 6, 8 or 14 European Convention.
 
R v Manchester City Council ex p S and others 377
Issue: Whether after-care services provided to formerly detained psychiatric patients under s117 Mental Health Act 1983, including accommodation, were to be provided free under that section, or whether it was a gateway to services provided under other statutes for which charges were to be made.
 
R (On the Application of the Home Secretary) v Mental Health Review Tribunal; PG as Interested Party 381
Issue: Whether a Tribunal’s reasons were adequate when it granted a deferred conditional discharge whilst assessments were ongoing.
 
R (On the Application of DR) v Mersey Care NHS Trust 386
Issue: Whether the renewal of a patient’s detention was lawful in light of the level of in-patient treatment being offered.
 
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust v “W” 392
Issue: Whether the treatability test was met in relation to a prisoner transferred to hospital at the end of his sentence.
 
R v Jack Shepherd 405
Issue: Whether an automatic life sentence should be quashed on the basis of evidence that the defendant was not fit to stand trial.
 
R v Stephen G 407
Issue: Whether it was possible to sentence a defendant who had already been made the subject of an order under s51 Mental Health Act 1983; whether the s51 power had been used lawfully.
 
In Re ‘W’ 411
Issue: Whether a prisoner was entitled to refuse treatment for self-inflicted wounds.
 
R v Ayan Mahmood 416
Issue: Whether a restriction order was appropriate
 
R v Galfetti 418
Issue: The impact of an excessive delay in securing a bed to allow a hospital order to be made.
 
R v Griffith 427
Issue: Whether a restriction order was appropriate.
 
R v Joseph Chalk 430
Issue: Whether a restriction order was appropriate
 
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