MH, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Department of Health: CA 3 Dec 2004
The patient had been detained under the Act and was incapable of making an application for her freedom. Held: There was a duty on the state to ensure that mechanisms were made available to a patient to apply to review her continued detention where she was herself incompetent to make such an application. Having been … Continue reading MH, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Department of Health: CA 3 Dec 2004