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Winch v Jones

Hearings

England & Wales

09 Jul 1985 [1986] QB 296; [1985] 3 WLR 729; [1985] 3 All ER 97, CA

Additional names

Winch v Hayward

Subject Matter

MENTAL DISORDER — Leave to bring proceedings — Actions in negligence — Proposed claims against medical practitioners — Whether justification for fuller investigation sufficient ground for leave to be granted — Mental Health Act 1983, s 139(2)

[1986] QB 296; [1985] 3 WLR 729

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