The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2001] QB 370
Court of Appeal
Regina v Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council, Ex parte Watson
Regina v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Ex parte Armstrong
Regina v Manchester City Council, Ex parte Stennett
Regina v Harrow London Borough Council, Ex parte Cobham
2000 May 18,
19;
July 27
July 27
Otton and Buxton LJJ and Hooper J
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
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National Assistance Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo 6 c 29) (as amended by Local Government Act 1972 (c 70), s 195(6), Sch 23, para 2(1), Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 108(5), Sch 13, para 11(1) and National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c 19), ss 42(1), 44(1)(2), 66, Sch 9, para 5(3)), ss 21, 22
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Mental Health Act 1983 (c 20) (as amended by Health Authorities Act 1995 (c 17), s 2(1), Sch 1, para 107(8) and Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c 52), s 1(2), Sch 1, para 15), s 117