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[2016] WLR (D) 34
Supreme Court
Regina (C) v Secretary of State for Justice (Media Lawyers Association intervening)
[2016] UKSC 2
2015 Oct 26; 2016 Jan 27
Baroness Hale of Richmond DPSC, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hughes JJSC
Mental disorder— Admission for treatment— Compulsory detention— Claimant committing double murder on release from compulsory detention in psychiatric hospital — Claimant convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment— While serving sentence claimant transferred to high security psychiatric hospital and later to medium security hospital— After completion of tariff period of sentence claimant’s responsible clinician applying for claimant to have unescorted leave in the community so as to assess his suitability for discharge— Application refused by Secretary of State— Claimant seeking judicial review and anonymity order for non disclosure of his identity— High Court dismissing claim and refusing anonymity order— Court of Appeal dismissing appeal against refusal of anonymity order— Whether general presumption of anonymity in civil proceedings relating to patients compulsorily detained in psychiatric hospitals— Whether anonymity order to be made in claimant’s case