The WLR Daily case summaries
[2009] WLR (D) 234
HUMAN RIGHTS — Right to life — State’s duty to investigate self-harm — Young offender in detention repeatedly self-harming — Statutory exclusion of psychopathic disorders precluding transfer for treatment — Whether “real and immediate” risk to life prerequisite — Whether exclusion of psychopathic disorders from statutory provisions proper subject of inquiry — Mental Health Act 1983, s 48 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt 1, arts 2, 3