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R v (1) DR JAMES DONALD COLLINS (2) ASHWORTH HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, EX PARTE IAN STEWART BRADY (2000)

PUBLISHED March 10, 2000
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Where a patient was suffering from a mental disorder and a hunger strike was deemed to be a manifestation of that illness, s.63 Mental Health Act 1983 applied to the circumstances surrounding the commencement and continuation of force-feeding as medical treatment for the mental disorder.

QBD (Maurice Kay J)

10/03/2000

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