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R (Home Secretary) v Mental Health Review Tribunal

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Home Secretary) v Mental Health Review Tribunal
   
Issue: Whether a Mental Health Review Tribunal should have considered directing a conditional, rather than absolute, discharge where it had found that a restricted patient did not suffer from a mental disorder; whether an absolute discharge may be deferred; whether the Tribunal had correctly applied the treatability test; whether the decision was adequately reasoned.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/468/2003
   
Neutral Citation:   [2004] EWHC 1029 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Moses J
   
Date: 7 April 2004