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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex p Gaynor Gilkes

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex p Gaynor Gilkes
   
Issue: Whether it was lawful in making a transfer direction under s47 Mental Health Act 1983 to rely on an assessment which was made for the purposes of s37 of the Act 6 weeks previously; whether it was lawful to transfer the prisoner to hospital at the end of their sentence.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/114/99
   
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Judge(s): Dyson J
   
Date: 21 January 1999