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|  R (on the application of H) v Mental Health Review Tribunal for North and East London Region (2001) | |
| The case concerned s.73 Mental Health Act 1983, in which the burden of proof rested on the patient to show that he no longer suffered from a mental disorder which warranted his detention, and its compatibility with Art 5 Human Rights Act 1998. Rabinder Singh QC appeared for the Intervener. |
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| B (A Child) v Todd (2001) | |
| The case concerned a local authority's responsibility under the National Assistance Act 1948 to finance a Court of Protection receiver's care, where the latter had accepted a structured settlement from the tortfeasor. David Wolfe appeared in the case. |
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| R (IH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2003) | |
| The case concerned whether continued detention of a mental health patient when the preconditions of his discharge could not be met was lawful. Tim Owen QC represented H. |
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| R (on the application of S) v Plymouth City Council (2002) | |
| The case concerned judicial review of a decision by the local social services to refuse S, the mother of C, access to the material upon which C's guardianship decisions had been made. Murray Hunt appeared for the local authority. |
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| MP v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (2003) | |
| The Court considered the application of s.3 and s.6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 to the powers of mental health review tribunals under the Mental Health Act 1983. Tim Owen QC appeared in this case. |
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