This page lists some cases which relate to mental health law but for which no transcript or summary is currently available. If you can locate transcripts for any of the cases below then please send them in (see Help page for contact details). There are some potential Bailii links below but at the time of writing they were not working. See the main Mental health case law page for the cases which have a transcript or summary.

United Kingdom

1988

Re K (EPA), Re F [1988] Ch 310

1990

• R v Birch (1990) 90 Cr App R 78

1994

• Re C (Adult: refusal of treatment) (1994) 1 All ER 819

2000

• Re E (Enduring Power of Attorney) (2000) EWHC 1561 (COP) - Bailii

• Re E; X v Y (2000) EWHC Ch 144 - Bailii - Duplicate Bailii citation number [2000] EWHC 144 (COP)

• Re TF (An Adult: Residence) - CA 26/6/00

• Re D (mental patient: nearest relative) - CA FC3 00/5338/C 9/5/00

• Anderson, Doherty and Reid v The Scottish Ministers and the Advocate-General for Scotland - Ct. of Session (Inner House) X170/00 16/6/00

• C v (1) South London and Maudsley Hospital NHS Trust (2) LB Lambeth - QB/2000/PTA/394

• R (Wooder) v Feggetter and another [2002] 3 WLR 591 - Admin. Ct. CO/4171/00 30/11/00

• R (H) v MHRT - Admin. Ct. CO/3013/2000 7/12/00

• Wilkes v Wilkes (2000) EWHC 1562 (COP) - Bailii

2001

• R (C) v SSHD (2001) EWHC 501 (Admin) - Bailii

• R (B) v SSHD (2001) EWHC 1191 (Admin) - Bailii

• R (N) v MHRT (2001) EWHC 1133 (Admin) - Bailii

• R (P) v MHRT (2001) EWHC 876 (Admin) - Bailii

• R (SSHD) v MHRT, Re G (2001) EWHC 181 (Admin) - Bailii

• Re AR (Habeas Corpus: Medical Recommendation) (2001) EWHC 792 (Admin) - Bailii

• Re W (EPA) [2001] Ch 609

• Re W (EPA) [2000] Ch 343

2002

• R (H) v Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare Trust (2002) EWHC 465 (Admin) - Bailii

• Petition of WM - 11/7/02 Lord Eassie

• R v G (Stephen) (2002) EWCA Crim 1762 - Bailii

• Re W (2002) EWHC 901 (Fam) - Bailii

• R v Latif (Mohammed) (2002) EWHC 1916 - [ Bailii]

• R v Latif (Mohammed) (2002) EWCA Crim 2115 - Bailii

2003

• D v An NHS Trust (Medical Treatment: Consent:Termination) (2003) EWHC 2793 (Fam)

• R v Ristic (Mico) (2003) EWCA Crim 165 - Bailii

• R v Joseph (Ian) (2003) EWCA Crim 1610 - Bailii - 15-year sentence quashed; s38 interim hospital order granted

2004

• R (W) v MHRT (2004) EWHC 3266 (Admin) - Bailii

2005

• R v Joseph (Ian) (2005) EWCA Crim 1924 - Bailii - appeal against conviction

• R v McMilan (2005) EWCA Crim 222 - Bailii

• R (Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust) v MHRT (2005) EWHC 337 (Admin) - Bailii

• R v Wang (2005) EWCA Crim 3238 - Bailii

2006

• R v Horton (2006) EWHC 3035 (QB) - Bailii

• R v Dass (2006) EWHC 3254 (QB) - Bailii

• R v Carpenter (2006) EWHC 3122 (QB) - Bailii

2008

• McMillan v CPS (2008) EWHC 1457 (Admin) - Bailii

• R (Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust) v MHRT Northern Region, Re GK (2008) EWHC 2445 (Admin) - Bailii - Bailii link works now

• Re C; C v S (2008) EWHC 1869 (Ch) - Bailii - Enduring power of attorney

2009

• R v Dass (2009) EWCA Crim 1208 - Bailii

• R (N) v London Borough of Barking (2009) EWCA Civ 108 - DDA/education - Bailii

• Devas v Mackay (2009) EWHC 1951 (Ch) - Bailii - SJ: Court restores wealthy book collector’s earlier will, 6/8/09 - Bailii link works now

• Porter v Zurich Insurance Co (2009) EWHC 376 (QB) - Bailii

• R (Varma) v Redbridge Magistrates Court (2009) EWHC 836 (Admin) - Bailii

• R v Cooper (Jordan Richard) (2009) EWCA Crim 2646 - Bailii - successful appeal against restriction order

• Gill v Woodall (2009) EWHC 834 (Ch) - Bailii

Southern Irish cases

The following cases are based on a list on the IMHLA website. The links generally work.

2007

AM v Kennedy [2007] IEHC 136; [2007] 4 I.R. 667 Peart J., 24 April 2007 - Bailii

AMC v St. Luke’s Hospital, Clonmel [2007] IEHC 65; [2007] 2 IR 814 (Justis), Peart J., High Court, 28 February 2007 - Bailii

B v The Clinical Director of Our Lady's Hospital Navan [2007] IEHC 403, [2010] 3 IR 426, High Court, 5 November 2007

JB v Central Mental Hospital (No 1) [2007] IEHC 147, McGovern J., High Court, 4 May 2007 Judgment

JB v Director Central Mental Hospital (No.2) [2007] IEHC 201; [2007] 4 I.R. 778, MacMenamin J., 15 June 2007 - Bailii

JB v Director Central Mental Hospital (No.3), Sheehan J., 15 August 2007 - Judgment

JD v Director of Central Mental Hospital [2007] IEHC 100, Finlay Geoghegan J., High Court, ex tempore, 20 March 2007 - Bailii

JH v Lawlor, clinical director of Jonathan Swift Clinic, St. James Hospital, Dublin [2007] IEHC 225; [2008] 1 I.R. 476, Peart J., 25th June 2007

JH v Russell [2007] IEHC 7; [2007] 4 I.R. 242, Clarke J., High Court, 6 February 2007 - Bailii

JJ v Clinical Director St Ita’s Hospital, Portrane circa 3 December 2007 ???

Q v St Patrick’s Hospital, O’Higgins J., ex tempore, 21 December 2006

M v Director Central Mental Hospital, High Court, Hanna J., April 13, 2007 (counsel’s note of ex tempore judgment )

MD v Clinical Director of St Brendan’s Hospital & Anor [2007] IEHC 183; [2008] 1 I.R. 632; Peart J., 24 May 2007 Judgment

MD v. Clinical Director of St Brendan’s Hospital & Anor [2007] IESC 37; [2008] 1 I.R. 632; Supreme Court, 27 July 2007 Bailii

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform v MM [2007] IEHC 443 - Bailii

MR v Byrne and Flynn [2007] IEHC 73; [2007] 3 I.R. 211 (Justis), O’Neill J., High Court, 2 March 2007 - Bailii

NB v Clinical Director of Our Lady’s Hospital Navan and Others [2007] IEHC 403; High Court, ex tempore, Sheehan J., 5 November 2007 - Bailii

PMcG v Medical Director of the Mater Hospital [2007] IEHC 401, [2008] 2 IR 332, High Court Peart J. November 29th 2007 - Bailii

RW v Clinical Director of St John of God’s Hospital [2007] IEHC 184, Peart J., 22 May 2007 Judgment

TO’D v Kennedy [2007] IEHC 129; [2007] 3 IR 689 (Justis), Charleton J., High Court, 25 April 2007 Bailii

WQ v Mental Health Commission [2007] IEHC 154; [2007] 3 IR 755 (Justis), O’Neill J., High Court, 15 May 2007 Bailii

2008

Application of a Patient, S.L. [2008] I.E.H.C. 153, Charleton J., May 27, 2008

EJW (a person of unsound mind) v Watters, Peart J., 25 November 2008 - Bailii

FW v Dept of Psychiatry James Memorial Connolly Hospital [2008] IEHC 283, [2009] 1 IR 666, Hedigan J., High Court, 18 August 2008 - Bailii

Han v President of the Circuit Court [2008] IEHC 160, Charleton J., 30 May 2008 - Bailii

JB v Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board [2008] IEHC 303, High Court, Insanity Act Case, Hanna J., July 25, 2008 - Bailii

MM v Director of the Central Mental Hospital [2008] IEHC 44, High Court, Peart J., 1 February 2008 - Bailii

MM v Clinical Director of the Central Mental Hospital (Mental Health Tribunal, notice party) [2008] IESC 31, [2008] 4 IR 669, Supreme Court, 7 May 2008 - Bailii

MZ v Khattak and Tallaght Hospital Board [2008] IEHC 262, Peart J., High Court, 28 July 2008 - Bailii

PG v Branigan [2008] I.E.H.C. 450, High Court, McCarthy J., December 12, 2008 - Judgment

RL v Clinical Director of St. Brendan’s Hospital & Ors. [2008] IEHC 11, [2008] 3 IR 296, Feeney J., 17 January 2008 - Bailii

RL v Clinical Director of St. Brendan’s Hospital & Ors. Supreme Court (ex tempore), 15 February 2008

SM v Mental Health Commission [2008] I.E.H.C. 441, [2009] 3 IR 188, McMahon J., High Court, 31 October 2008

SC v Clinical Director of Jonathan Swift Clinic St. James’ Hospital, Supreme Court, ex tempore, December 5, 2008

2009

AR v Clinical Director of St. Brendan’s Hospital [2009] I.E.H.C. 143, High Court, O’Keeffe J., March 24, 2009 - Bailii

Blehein v Minister for Health and Others [2009] I.E.H.C. 182, High Court, Laffoy J., March 16, 2009 - Judgment

C v Clinical Director of St Brigid's Hospital Ardee Co, Louth, High Court, 26 February 2009

CC v Clinical Director of St. Patrick’s Hospital (No.1) [2009] I.E.H.C. 13, High Court, McMahon J., January 20, 2009 - Bailii

CC v Clinical Director of St. Patrick’s Hospital (No.2) [2009] I.E.H.C. 47, High Court, Hedigan J., February 6, 2009 - Bailii

Downes v Health Service Executive and Mental Health Commission [2009] IEHC 488, 23 April 2009

Dunne v Governor of Cloverhill Prison, Supreme Court, 18 February 2009

EH v Clinical Director of St. Vincent’s Hospital [2009] I.E.H.C. 69, High Court, O’Neill J., February 6, 2009 - Bailii

EH v Clinical Director of St. Vincent’s Hospital [2009] I.E.S.C. 46, [2009] 3 IR 774, Supreme Court, May 28, 2009 - Bailii

F v Clinical Director of St Ita's Hospital, High Court, 21 May 2009

McCann v Judge of Monaghan District Court and others, High Court, 18 June 2009

MMcN. v Health Service Executive [2009] I.E.H.C. 236, High Court, Peart J., May 15, 2009 Judgment

MZ v Tallaght Hospital Board [2008] IEHC 262, [2009] 1 IR 417

PG v Branigan [2009] 4 IR 63

S v Health Service Executive and others, High Court, 11 February 2009

SC v Clinical Director, St Brigid’s Hospital, Ardee, Co Louth [2009] I.E.H.C. 100, High Court, Dunne J., February 26, 2009 Bailii

SC [Cudden] v. Clinical Director of St. Brigid’s Hospital Supreme Court, March 13, 2009

St Ita’s Hospital Case re Assisted Admissions, High Court, O’Keeffe J., May 21, 2009 Irish Times story

2010

Blehein v Minister for Health and Children and others, High Court, 24 August 2010

ET v Clinical Director of the Central Mental Hospital and another, High Court, 2 November 2010, [2010] 4 IR 403

F v Clinical Director of Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, High Court, 4 June 2010

In the matter of Article 40 of the Constitution of Ireland 1937 and in the matter of Gerard Stokes, Applicant v Governor of Cloverhill Prison, Respondent [2010] 1 IR 283

In the matter of s 73 of the Mental Health Act 2001 and in the matter of intended proceedings. AL, Intended Plaintiff v The Clinical Director of St Patrick's Hospital and The Mental Health Commission, Intended Defendants [2010] 3 IR 537, High Court, 11 March 2010

L v Clinical Director of St Patrick's Hospital and another, High Court, 11 March 2010

L v Kennedy, Clinical Director of the Central Mental Hospital, High Court, 5 May 2010

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform v Murphy, Supreme Court, 19 March 2010

NB, Applicant v Our Lady's Hospital Navan and James Lucey, Respondents and The Mental Health Tribunal and The Mental Health Commission, Notice Parties [2010] 3 IR 426, High Court, 11 May 2007

P v Attorney General and others, High Court, 21 December 2010

P v Health Service Executive and others, High Court, 27 April 2010

2011

Health Service Executive v X (a person of unsound mind not so found) [2011] IEHC 326

2013

AB v Commissioner of An Garda Siochana, High Court, 8/2/13

AM v Kennedy [2013] IEHC 55

CD v Clinical Director of the Central Mental Hospital [2013] IESC 5

Health Service Executive v JM and another [2013] IEHC 12

Health Service Executive v MX (a person of unsound mind not so found) [2012] 1 IR 81