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Recent judgment sets important precedent for informal mental health patients

Rabone and another (Appellants) v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (Respondent) Judgment was given on the case of Rabone and another v Pennine Care NHS Foundation [2012] UKSC 2 in the Supreme Court on 8 February 2012. Overturning the decision ...

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29.05.2012

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Duty to consult relative

GP v Derby City Council (2012) EWHC 1451 (Admin), (2012) MHLO 58 Rachel Turner represented GP in a successful application for a writ of habeas corpus. GP claimed that he had been unlawfully detained when the approved mental health professional ...

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28.05.2012

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Deprivation of liberty after unlawful detainment

Milton Keynes Council v RR & Ors [2014] EWCOP B19 Rachel Turner represented RR, an 81 year old woman with vascular dementia, in a Court of Protection case concerning her removal from home to residential accommodation. After a number of ...

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29.11.2011

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Local Authority successfully challenged

Miles & Partners Associate Floyd Porter recently acted for Norman Davies before the Court of Protection in the matter of the County Council of the City and Council of Cardiff and Peggy Elizabeth Ross (by her litigation friend the Official ...

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18.11.2011

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Transfer deadline expired

R (DB) v Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust (2008) EWCA Civ 1354 Rachel Turner represented the claimant DB in a successful appeal concerning admission for treatment and compulsory detention under the Mental Health Act 1983. A hospital order, issued on 17 ...

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03.12.2008