Regina (Brady) v Ashworth Hospital Authority: 2000

Force feeding of the applicant, a convicted murderer and detained mental patient, was lawful since it was reasonably administered as part of the medical treatment given for the mental disorder from which Ian Brady was suffering. By virtue of section 63 of the 1983 Act consent was not needed for such treatment.
Maurice Kay J
(2001) 58 BMLR 173, [2000] Lloyd’s Med R 355;
Mental Health Act 1983 63
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CitedAshworth Security Hospital v MGN Limited HL 27-Jun-2002
Order for Journalist to Disclose Sources
The newspaper published details of the medical records of Ian Brady, a prisoner and patient of the applicant. The applicant sought an order requiring the defendant newspaper to disclose the identity of the source of material which appeared to have . .

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Updated: 22 October 2021; Ref: scu.231647