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Judge overturns 'irrational' barring order

1998-06-11T00:00:00

Mental heath law is a minefield. Last month a patient detained under the Mental Health Act for four months in 1996 won a High Court order quashing a decision by Riverside Mental Health trust to continue detaining him after his mother applied for his discharge.

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