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Misc cases - 2011-2015

When Dave Sheppard retired in 2020 he kindly gave me permission to publish the contents of his website (originally named after his firm, "Dave Sheppard Associates", then called "MHAandMCA"). It is a treasure trove. I've not had time to prepare everything for publication but have put the main headings online: let me know if you would like a copy of anything listed.


Dunnage v Randall and another, Court of Appeal, 2nd July 2015

OH v London Borough of Bexley, High Court, 26th June 2015

Re A (A Child), Family Division, 11th June 2015

Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, Supreme Court, 11th March 2015

KM, R (on the Application of) v Northamptonshire County Council, High Court, 2nd March 2015

Walford v Worcestershire County Council, Court of Appeal, 27th January 2015



A & B, Court of Protection, 25th November 2014

Pool v General Medical Council, High Court, 13th November 2014

Aster Healthcare Ltd v The Estate of Mr Mohammed Shafi, Court of Appeal, 24th October 2014

Chadwick v Collinson and others, High Court, 24th September 2014

Re T (Children), Preston County Court, 13th August 2014

MD, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, High Court, 8th July 2014

An English Local Authority v SW & Anor, Court of Protection, 2nd May 2014

Dunhill v Burgin, Supreme Court, 12th March 2014




A v Chief Constable of Kent Constabulary, Court of Appeal, 20th December 2013

West London Mental Health NHS Trust v Chhabra, Supreme Court, 18th December 2013

Amadou Nyang v G4S Care and Justice Services Ltd, High Court, 11th December 2013

Obrey and others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Court of Appeal, 5th December 2013

Fitness to work test DOES disadvantage mentally ill, Court of Appeal, 4th December 2013

MAP v RAP, High Court, 3rd December 2013

Confidentiality of medical information after patient's death, 21st November 2013

Neath and Port Talbot Council v Secretary of State for Health, High Court, 31st July 2013



Chatting v Viridian Housing and London Borough of Wandsworth, High Court, 13th December 2012

NM v Secretary of State for Justice, Court of Appeal, 12th September 2012

Mary Davis & Philip Davis v West Sussex County Council, High Court, 22nd August 2012

Claire Selwood v Durham County Council and others, Court of Appeal, 18th July 2012

Re SK, Court of Protection, 9th July 2012

Court ruling means thousands more disabled people could get access to care, 31st May 2012

Oluku v Care Quality Commission, First Tier Tribunal - Care Standards, 17th May 2012

James Sedge v Christopher Prime, High Court, 25th April 2012


Okil v London Borough of Southwark, High Court, 20th April 2012

HA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, High Court, 17th April 2012

Buck v Norfolk & Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge County Court, 27th February 2012

Crawford & Anor v Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Court of Appeal, 24th February 2012

Voluntary mental patient not being held unlawfully, 25th January 2012



Re M, Court of Protection, 21st December 2011

Vulnerable mental patient to receive compensation following a spinal cord injury, Stewarts Law, 29th November 2011

Grieving widow wins six-figure sum after husband killed himself, The Sentinel, 17th November 2011

R (on the application of TA) v North East London NHS Trust, Court of Appeal, 1st November 2011

Kenneth Kelly v Shropshire County PCT, Shrewsbury County Court, 24th October 2011

SC v BS and A Local Authority, Court of Protection, 7th October 2011

R (SL) v Westminster City Council (The Medical Foundation and another intervening), Court of Appeal, 10th August 2011

R (NM) v Secretary of State for Justice, Administrative Court, 12th July 2011

P v Independent Print and Others, Court of Appeal, 4th July 2011

R (W, M, G and H) v Birmingham City Council, Administrative Court, 19th May 2011

Northern Ireland teen won't be moved to English psychiatric unit, BBC News, 4th May 2011

Buckinghamshire County Council v Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Court of Appeal, 19th April 2011

Desai v North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, High Court, 18th April 2011

R (W) v Croydon BC, Administrative Court, 3rd March 2011

Child rapist wins Carstairs food ban legal case, BBC News, 2nd February 2011

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