Mental health caselaw archive
Mental health caselaw, sorted into rough categories. THE CASE SUMMARIES NEED TO BE CHECKED: AT THE MINUTE THEY'RE JUST TYPED FROM A QUICK GLANCE AT THE CASE, TO GET THE HANG OF THE SITE!!
Format of all caselaw pages
The page names are the Bailii version of the case name but excluding the citation. Each page should follow the following format:
- First line: the case name and citation (replace square brackets with round brackets)
- Second line: a very brief one- or two-sentence summary.
- Headnote
- "Facts" heading
- "Decision" heading
- "External links" heading: full text from Bailii, plus anything else relevant.
Please include as much information as possible, but feel free to (for example) only type up a brief summary rather than a full headnote.
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Procedure etc
R (DJ) v MHRT; R (AN) v MHRT [2005] EWHC 587 (Admin) - Standard of proof
Challenges to MHRT decisions
R (SSHD) v MHRT, re MP [2004] EWHC 2194 (Admin) - Discharge conditions
R (G) v Mental Health Review Tribunal [2004] EWHC 2193 (Admin) - Discharge conditions
SSHD v MHRT, re BR [2005] EWHC 2468 (Admin) - conditional or absolute discharge
Challenges to Hospital Managers' decisions
R (SR) v Huntercombe Maidenhead Hospital [2005] EWHC 2361 (Admin) - Unfettered discretion
Classification/treatment
R (B) v Ashworth Hospital Authority [2005] UKHL 20
General
R (K) v West London MH NHS Trust [2006] EWCA Civ 118 - Implications of s17 MHA 1983