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Re D (mental patient: nearest relative) |
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Issue: |
What amounts to “caring for” a patient so as to become a “nearest relative” under the Mental Health Act 1983; the test to be applied when a patient challenges his detention under s3 of the Act on the basis that the social worker consulted as nearest relative the wrong person. |
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Court: |
Administrative Court |
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Reference: |
CO/4015/99 |
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Neutral Citation: |
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Judge(s): |
Owen J |
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Date: |
36462 |