Index card Surrey Police v PC

Surrey Police v PC

Hearings

England & Wales

24 May 2024 [2024] EWHC 1274 (Fam); [2024] 4 WLR 58; [2024] WLR(D) 253, Fam D (Theis J)

Subject Matter

MENTAL HEALTH — Practice — Deprivation of liberty — Arrest of adult appearing to suffer from mental disorder — Adult taken to police custody suite and kept there as place of safety pending availability of hospital bed for admission and detention for mental health assessment — Police making emergency application for authorisation of further deprivation of liberty on mental health grounds where hospital bed remaining unavailable — Whether application to be granted — Guidance on applications seeking authorisation for deprivation of liberty in police station on mental health grounds — Mental Health Act 1983 (c 20), ss 2, 136 — Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9), s 4A

[2024] EWHC 1274 (Fam); [2024] 4 WLR 58; [2024] WLR(D) 253, Fam D

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Arrest without Warrant - Other Powers of Arrest D1.30

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