The Law Reports (Family Division)
[1999] Fam 26
[COURT OF APPEAL]
ST. GEORGE'S HEALTHCARE N.H.S. TRUST
v.
S.
REGINA
v.
COLLINS
and Others,
Ex parte
S.
1998 Feb. 10,
11,
12,
13,
17;
May 7;
July 30
May 7;
July 30
Butler-Sloss, Judge and Robert Walker L.JJ.
Medical Practitioner
— Medical treatment, consent to
— Refusal of Caesarean section
— Adult woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
— Lives of mother and unborn child at risk
— Admission to mental hospital for assessment
— Transfer to general hospital
— Judge granting declaration dispensing with mother's consent to Caesarean section
— Whether compulsory treatment amounting to trespass
— Whether detention lawful
—
Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20), ss. 2(2), 6(1)(3)