The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1974] QB 711
[COURT OF APPEAL]
W.
v.
L.
1973 May 23,
24
Lord Denning M.R., Orr and Lawton L.JJ.
Mental Disorder
— Application for admission to hospital
— Nearest relative's objection
— Wife refusing to make application for husband's admission to hospital
— Husband suffering from psychopathic disorder
— Whether suffering from “mental illness”
— Whether wife “unreasonably objects” to making application
—
Mental Health Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2, c. 72), ss. 26 (2) (a) (i), 27, 52 (3) (c)
[1]
Law Reform
— Whether necessary
— Mental disorder
— Admission of patient to hospital for treatment
— Need for power to admit psychopathic patient over 21 to hospital