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Brian Paterson v Sandra Kent, Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland and Fife Health Board | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether a Tribunal had jurisdiction to consider an application when it sat outside the statutory time limit; whether a failure to make an interim Compulsory Treatment Order and adjourn to allow the patient to obtain legal representation and an independent medical report was lawful | 
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| Court:  | 
Sheriff Principal, Tayside Central and Fife | 
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| Reference:    | 
B35/06 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Sheriff Principal RA Dunlop QC | 
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| Date:  | 
17 May 2006 |