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Case Law [2017] IEHC 360 (03/05/2017)

Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts High Court of Ireland (Ireland)

Date: 05/03/2017

Subject: The decision of the High Court found the incompatibility of the Mental Health Act 2001 with article 5(4) of the ECHR, where it allows the renewal of the detention in a psychiatric hospital for a period of 12 months, with no possibility to appeal against the legitimacy of such order

Parties: A.B. v. The Clinicial Director of St. Loman’s Hospital, the Health Service Executive, the Minister for Health, the Attorney General, Ireland

Original language: Irish

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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