The Weekly Law Reports
[2010] 3 WLR 840
Court of Protection
J v The Foundation Trust and others
[2009] EWHC 2972 (Fam)
2009 Nov 2;
20
Charles J
Mental disorder— Admission for treatment — Validity of detention— Admission of mentally disordered patient incapable of giving or refusing consent— Patient suffering from mental and physical disorders— Patient objecting to admission for treatment— Whether patient “ineligible to be deprived of liberty”— Whether patient unlawfully detained—
Mental Health Act 1983 (c 20) (as amended by Mental Health Act 2007 (c 12), ss 1(4), 4(1), 7(2)(3), Sch 1, para 2), ss 2, 3, 145
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Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9) (as inserted by Mental Health Act 2007 (c 12), s 50, Schs 7, 8, 9), ss 4A, 4B, 16A, 21A, Schs A1, 1A