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TW v LB Enfield and Secretary of State for Health

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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TW v LB Enfield and Secretary of State for Health
   
Issue: Whether leave should be granted to allow an action for damages for wrongful detention and psychiatric injury to proceed against a local authority whose social worker made an application for detention under the Mental Health Act 1983; whether the requirement for leave breached Arts 6 and 14 ECHR.
   
Court: High Court, QBD
   
Reference:   HQ13X00316
   
Neutral Citation:   [2013] EWHC 1180 (QB)
   
Judge(s): Bean J
   
Date: 8 May 2013