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R (S) v Home Secretary

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (S) v Home Secretary
   
Issue: Whether a recalled prisoner who was detained under s3 Mental Health Act 1983 was “unlawfully at large” until returned to prison for the purposes of sentence calculation.
   
Court: Court of Appeal;
   
Reference:   C1/2002/2403
   
Neutral Citation:   [2003] EWCA Civ 426
   
Judge(s): Simon Brown, Rix and Scott Baker LJJ
   
Date: 16 April 2003