R v London S & SW Region Mental Health Review Tribunal, ex p Moyle

[2000] Lloyd's Rep Med 143

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mr Justice LATHAM

Mental Health Act 1983 — Test to be applied in an application for discharge of a patient under a restriction order in circumstances where the patient would no longer satisfy the requirements for compulsory admission to hospital — Whether the Mental Health Tribunal was entitled under section 73 of the Act to refuse an application in those circumstances