Barker v Barking, Havering and Brentwood NHS Trust
[1999] Lloyd's Rep Med 101
COURT OF APPEAL
Lord Woolf MR, Lord Justice HOBHOUSE, and Lord Justice THORPE
Mental Disorder — Patient detained under section 3 Mental Health Act 1983 — On leave of absence under section 17 MHA 1983 — Detention renewed under section 20 when patient not in hospital — Whether lawful — Habeus corpus — Judicial review — Appropriate procedure.