JD v West London Mental Health NHS Trust [2016] UKUT 496 (AAC)

ECHR and tribunal criteria "The patient in this case is held in conditions of exclusion and restraint that are exceptional and perhaps unique. He occupies a ‘super seclusion suite’ consisting of a room with a partition that can divide it into two. No one is allowed to enter without the partition in place, except nursing staff wearing personal protective equipment in order to administer his depot injections. He is only allowed out of the suite in physical restraints that restrict his circulation and under escort by a number of members of staff. ... The Secretary of State referred the patient’s case to the First-tier Tribunal on 28 July 2015. The hearing took place on 19 and 20 November 2015; the tribunal’s reasons are dated 23 November 2015. ... What the tribunal did not do was to deal expressly with the human rights argument put by Ms Bretherton on the patient’s behalf. On 7 January 2016, the tribunal gave permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal identifying as the issue: 'to what extent should the circumstances of the patient’s detention, and any possible breach of the European Convention as a result thereof, have any bearing on the First-tier Tribunal’s exercise of considering sections 72 and 73? Following from that, if the Tribunal is satisfied that the circumstances of a patient’s detention are a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, how should that be reflected in the decisions that the First-tier Tribunal can lawfully make?'"

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Subject(s):

Powers🔍
Upper Tribunal decisions🔍

Date: 19/7/16🔍

Court: Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)🔍

Judicial history:

Judge(s):

Jacobs🔍

Parties:

JD🔍
Jasmin Djaba🔍
West London Mental Health NHS Trust🔍
Secretary of State for Justice🔍

Citation number(s):

[2016] UKUT 496 (AAC)^B
[2016] MHLO 46

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Published: 12/11/16 00:09

Cached: 2024-11-21 17:32:25