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Re W (habeas corpus: extension of s2 detention)

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Re W (habeas corpus: extension of s2 detention)
   
Issue: Whether there was jurisdiction to detain under s2 Mental Health Act 1983 pending the outcome of an application to displace the nearest relative under s29 of the Act made after a Tribunal had ordered discharge under s72 of the Act; whether the hospital managers’ decision to uphold a barring order under s25 of the Act was proper.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/5008/1998
   
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Judge(s): Deputy Judge David Pannick QC
   
Date: 5 January 1999