The WLR Daily case summaries
[2012] WLR (D) 23
HUMAN RIGHTS— Life— Breach— Voluntary mental patient committing suicide having been allowed to leave hospital when at real and immediate risk of death— — Action by parents against NHS trust for breach of patient’s Convention right to life— — Whther NHS trust under positive obligation to take preventive operational measures to protect life of voluntary mental patient— — Whether settlement of negligence claim depriving parents of “victim” status— — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2