Queen v Mid Glamorgan Family Health Services Authority ex parte Martin

(1994) 5 Med LR 383

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

Lord Justice NOURSE, Lord Justice EVANS, Sir Roger EVANS, and Mr Justice POPPLEWELL

Judicial review — Mental health — Medical records — Whether unconditional right of access at common law to medical records — Refusal by health authority to grant patient access — Conditional access offered by family health service authority and health authority to patient's medical advisers — Legal ownership of medical records