Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber

Date: 12/20/2010

Subject: The Tribunal, diverging from the English jurisprudence, admits the claim of a citizen in order to verify the compatibility of the norms of the Mental Health Act 1983 in the matter of detention in a psychiatric hospital with the right to liberty and security as provided by art. 5 of the ECHR

Parties: Mr Robert Kellar v Mr Simon Burrows

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security

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