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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 |