Legislation

Section 4A – Restriction on deprivation of liberty

Introduction

This section was inserted by the Mental Health Act 2007. It was the UK government’s response to the Bournewood litigation (HL v UK) which resulted in the European Court of Human Rights deciding that detention of persons lacking capacity under the common law ‘doctrine of necessity’ breached the European Convention on Human Rights. This section […]

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