G v Decision of The Mental Welfare Tribunal: SCS 23 Aug 2011

The Inner House considered the circumstances in which it may be appropriate, as a matter of law, for the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland to pronounce no order for arrangements to be made for the transfer of a patient detained in the State Hospital to conditions of lesser security, following a finding that the patient is being detained in conditions of excessive security.

Judges:

Clerk, Bonomy, Brodie LL

Citations:

[2011] ScotCS CSIH – 55, 2011 SCLR 770, [2011] CSIH 55, 2011 GWD 29-638, [2011] MHLR 387, 2012 SC 138

Links:

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Statutes:

Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 322

Cited by:

Appeal fromG v Scottish Ministers and Another SC 18-Dec-2013
The 2003 Act had been intended to make provision for those who had been in long term mental health carse, but would not need such continued are but were not either ready to survive without continuing support in the community. The claimant had been . .
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Updated: 17 September 2022; Ref: scu.443288