The Weekly Law Reports
[2002] 3 WLR 584
House of Lords
Regina v Manchester City Council, Ex parte Stennett
Regina v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Ex parte Armstrong
Regina v Harrow London Borough Council, Ex parte Cobham
[On appeal from Regina v Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council, Ex parte Watson]
[2002] UKHL 34
2002 May 13,
14;
July 25
July 25
Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Steyn, Lord Hutton and Lord Millett
Local Government
— Community care services
— Discharged mental patients
— Duty to provide after-care services including accommodation to persons ceasing to be compulsorily detained
— Whether services to be provided under other enactments
— Whether authorities entitled to levy charges for accommodation
—
Mental Health Act 1983 (c 20) (as amended by Health Authorities Act 1995 (c 17), s. 2(1), Sch. 1, para 107(1)(8), Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c 52), s. 1(2), Sch. 1, para 15 and Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c 43), s. 55, Sch. 4, para 12(17)), s. 117