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Brian Paterson v Sandra Kent, Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland and Fife Health Board

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Brian Paterson v Sandra Kent, Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland and Fife Health Board
   
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
   
Court: Sheriff Principal, Tayside Central and Fife
   
Reference:   B35/06
   
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Judge(s): Sheriff Principal RA Dunlop QC
   
Date: 17 May 2006