Mental health case law

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795 cases have so far been added to a new database structure which allows for more powerful searches. The following form will search for cases in the database and (except for the fields Year, Court and Judge) those not in the database.

The case has the following neutral citation number (start with a square bracket):

And involved any of the following parties:

And was decided between the following years inclusive:

From:

To:

And was heard in the following court:

And was decided by any of the following judges:

And the MHLO page contains the following exact words:

Browse the database

You can browse the database cases using filters including Subject, Date, Judges, Parties and Court at Special:Drilldown/Cases.

Categories of case

All 2456 cases on this site are structured into categories and (where appropriate) sub-categories. Click ▼ and ► to browse the category tree. Click a category name to see summaries of its cases. Click a case name for details of that case.

Case law - by subject matter‎ (21 categories)

Anonymisation cases‎ (4 pages)

Bias cases‎ (15 pages)

Capacity and DOL‎ (20 categories)

Challenges to compulsory treatment‎ (22 pages)

Classification cases‎ (2 categories)

Community care and after-care‎ (2 categories)

Coronavirus cases‎ (10 pages)

Criminal law cases‎ (10 categories)

Disability discrimination‎ (19 pages)

Hospital managers hearings‎ (7 pages)

Inquest cases‎ (1 categories, 42 pages)