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How to cite
[2018] 3 WLR 1784
Neutral citation format (OSCOLA). Always confirm against the official judgment.
“…the Act refers to detention in a hospital. This is confirmed by the recent decision of the Supreme Court in MM v Secretary of State for Justice [2018] UKSC 60; [2018] 3 WLR 1784, which held that there is no power under the Act to impose a condition of detention in a place which is not a hospital (save for the emergency powers under sec…”
“…No doubt is cast on this conclusion by the recent decision of the Supreme Court in MM v Secretary of State for Justice [2018] UKSC 60; [2018] 3 WLR 1784, from which counsel for the claimant sought to derive some assistance. In paras 18 and 36 of the judgment, Lady Hale refers to the distinction drawn in the Act…”