The cases in this section are not necessarily directly related to mental health law.

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Page and summary	Date added to site	Categories
Stanev v Bulgaria 36760/06 (2012) ECHR 46, (2012) MHLO 1 — (1) The applicant's placement in a social care home for people with mental disorders and his inability to obtain permission to leave the home led to breaches of Article 5(1), (4) and (5). (2) The living conditions in the home led to breaches of Article 3, and of Article 13 in conjunction with Article 3. (3) The lack of access to a court to seek release from partial guardianship breached Article 6(1). (4) No separate issue arose under Article 8 so it was unnecessary to examine that complaint. (5) Compensation of €15,000 was awarded.	2012-01-17	2012 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Other capacity cases, Transcript
Hadzic and Suljic v Bosnia Herzegovina 39446/06 (2011) ECHR 911 — The applicants had been detained for several years in a prison 'Psychiatric Annex' which was an inappropriate institution for the detention of mental health patients, in breach of Article 5(1); the applicants were awarded compensation of €15,000 and €25,000 respectively.	2011-11-26	2011 cases, Brief summary, Deprivation of liberty, ECHR, Transcript
S v Estonia 17779/08 (2011) ECHR 1511 — Under domestic law S should have been heard 'promptly' after the county court ruled on her compulsory admission to hospital, but was not heard for 15 days; no adequate justification was given; this was a considerable portion of the three-month admission period; the domestic supreme court noted the procedural violation but offered no redress: overall, there had been a breach of Article 5(1), in that she was not detained in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law. Compensation of €5000 was awarded.	2011-10-06	2011 cases, Brief summary, Deprivation of liberty, ECHR, Transcript
Seal v UK 50330/07 (2010) ECHR 1976 — The claimant issued his claim on the eve of the limitation period without seeking leave under s139; the House of Lords had found that his claim was therefore a nullity. (1) No breach of Article 6 was found because (a) the six-year limitation period pursued a legitimate aim, (b) s139 was to restrict access to the court only where the claim was manifestly unmeritorious, and its general aim of protecting those who exercise powers under that Act, including the police, pursued a legitimate aim, (c) the decision to strike out did not impair the very essence of the applicant's right of access to court and was not disproportionate: he had not explained his delay or failure to seek leave, and should bear the consequences of his own decisions, and in any event could continue his non-MHA claims (2) No breach of Article 6 taken with Article 14 was found because he did not argue it in any substance and, by not having argued it previously, had failed to exhaust domestic remedies.	2010-12-09	2010 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Miscellaneous, Transcript
Stojanovski v Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1431/03 (2009) ECHR 1615 — Breach of Article 5. [Summary required.]	2010-07-09	2009 cases, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, No summary, Transcript
Juncal v UK 32357/09 (2010) ECHR 249 — Lawfulness of detention. Statement of facts and questions to the parties lodged at court. [Summary required.]	2010-03-02	2010 cases, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, No summary, Transcript, Unfitness and insanity cases
Seal v UK 50330/07 (2009) ECHR 806 — Statement of facts and question lodged with court. Case concerns the procedure under s139 MHA 1983.	2009-12-04	2009 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Miscellaneous, Transcript
Hurst v UK 42577/07 (2009) ECHR 1988 — Statement of facts and questions lodged with the court (case relates to Article 2-compliant inquests).	2009-12-04	2009 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Inquests, Transcript
Halilovic v Bosnia and Herzegovina 23968/05 (2009) ECHR 1933 — (1) The appellant's detention for 4 years 5 months was pursuant to an administrative decision, as opposed to a decision of the competent civil court as required by the amended domestic legislation, and so breached Article 5(1); compensation of €22,500 was awarded. (2) The Article 3 claim relating to conditions of detention failed.	2009-12-04	2009 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
R (JL) v SSJ (2008) UKHL 68 — The nature of the investigation that must be carried out by the State whenever a prisoner in custody makes an attempt to commit suicide that nearly succeeds and which leaves him with serious injury.	2009-04-12	2008 cases, ECHR, No summary, Transcript
Wainwright v UK 12350/04 (2006) ECHR 807 — Strip searches of the applicants breached Article 8 due to their manner, but did not reach the minimum level of severity prohibited by Article 3.	2009-04-12	2006 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Kucheruk v Ukraine (2007) 2570/04 ECHR 712 — Violations of Article 3, 5(1) and 5(4).	2009-04-12	2007 cases, ECHR, No summary, Transcript
Khudobin v Russia 59696/00 (2006) ECHR 898 — Lack of medical treatment while detained violated Article 3; lack of relevant and sufficient reasons for pre-trial detention violated Article 5(3); undue delays in considering two separate applications for release violated Article 5(4); appeal court's failure to consider refusal of release breached Article 5(4); court's failure to consider entrapment defence violated Article 6(1); damages of €12,000 awarded	2009-04-12	2006 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Kay v UK 17821/91 (1994) ECHR 51 — (1) The recall to hospital without up-to-date objective medical expertise showing that the applicant suffered from a true mental disorder, or that his previous psychopathic disorder persisted - in the absence of any emergency - violated Article 5(1); (2) The subsequent MHRT proceedings were inherently too slow, which breached Article 5(4): the first hearing date offered was five months after referral, and final determination took just over two years.	2009-04-11	1994 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Ministry of Justice, Transcript
Kay v UK 17821/91 (1993) ECHR 61 — The applicant's complaints under Article 5(1) (recall to hospital without medical evidence) and Article 5(4) (delay in Tribunal proceedings) were admissible.	2009-04-11	1993 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
X v UK 7215/75 (1981) ECHR 6 — (1) Under Article 5(1), the recall to hospital without the usual Winterwerp guarantees was lawful as it was an emergency; the further detention followed examination by the RMO so was also lawful; (2) Habeas corpus proceedings were inadequate for Article 5(4) purposes; the other legal machinery did not remedy this breach, in particular because the MHRT could not order discharge of restricted patients.	2009-04-10	1981 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Powers, Transcript
X v UK 7215/75 (1982) ECHR 8 — (1) No compensation awarded under Article 40; (2) Note taken of agreement relating to costs; (3) Note taken of proposed law reform (MHRT to be able to discharge restricted patients, and legal aid to cover representation).	2009-04-10	1982 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Wilkinson v UK 14659/02 (2006) ECHR 1171 — The applicant's complaints were all declared inadmissible. He had complained that: (1) medical treatment against his will was a breach of the negative obligations under Articles 3 and 8; (2) the authorities failed in their positive obligation under Articles 3 and 8 to provide suitable safeguards against the imposition of treatment that would violate his rights, in particular that the authorities should have sought approval from a court before imposing treatment and that he should have been able to bring a challenge against the treatment, before it took place, in a court which would have been able to provide a suitable level of review; (3) the inability to have a determination of his ‘civil right’ to autonomy in a court that would have provided a review on the merits was a violation of Article 6; (4) the lack of effective remedy was a breach of Article 13; (5) discrimination on the basis of his status as a detained patient was a breach of ..→	2009-04-10	2006 cases, Brief summary, Challenges to compulsory treatment, ECHR, Transcript
Warren v UK 36982/97 (1999) ECHR 186 — Detention under the MHA following an order made by a criminal court should be considered under Art 5(1)(e) ECHR. [MHLR.]	2009-04-10	1999 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript, Unimportant cases
Wall v Sweden 41403/98 (1997) ECHR 201 — The detention of an alcoholic under Article 5(1)(e) did not breach Article 5(1): the authorities continuously considered less severe measures, they strictly scrutinised the necessity for subjecting the applicant to compulsory care, and the total length of the applicant’s detention was not extended beyond a period reasonable to the aim pursued by domestic law, namely to motivate the applicant in such a way that he become capable of voluntary participation in continuing treatment and capable of receiving support in order to discontinue his abuse.	2009-04-10	1997 cases, Detailed summary, ECHR, Transcript
Varbanov v Bulgaria 31365/96 (2000) ECHR 457 — (1) Violation of Article 5(1): Deprivation of liberty was not justified under Art 5(1)(e) and had no basis in domestic law which, moreover, did not provide the required protection against arbitrariness as it did not require the seeking of a medical opinion. (2) Violation Article 5(3): The applicant could only appeal to prosecutors and so was deprived of his right to have the lawfulness of his detention reviewed by a court.	2009-04-10	2000 cases, Detailed summary, ECHR, Transcript
Tam v Slovakia 50213/99 (2004) ECHR 282 — (1) Violation of Article 5(1): Detention not in accordance with procedure prescribed by domestic law. (2) Violation of Article 5(4): The review procedure failed to provide adequate guarantees to the applicant; in particular, the court failed to appoint a guardian as required by domestic law, and did not hear the applicant or the doctor treating him with a view to establishing whether the applicant’s deprivation of liberty had been justified.	2009-04-10	2004 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Shulepova v Russia 34449/03 (2008) ECHR 1666 — (1) Violation of Article 5(4): Applicant not detained in accordance with a procedure prescribed by domestic law. (2) Violation of Article 6(1): By appointing the hospital's employees as psychiatric experts, the domestic courts placed the applicant at a substantial disadvantage, in breach of the principle of equality of arms.	2009-04-10	2008 cases, Bias, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Shenkel v The Netherlands 62015/00 (2005) ECHR 935 — (1) Violation of Article 5(1): Failure, in breach of domestic law, to draw up an official record of Court of Appeal hearing which rejected the appeal against continued detention. (2) Violation of Article 5(4): Delay of 17 months before determination of Court of Appeal case.	2009-04-10	2005 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript, Tribunal delay
Romanov v Russia 63993/00 (2005) ECHR 933 — (1) Violation of Article 3: The applicant's conditions of detention, in particular the severe overcrowding and its detrimental effect on the applicant's well being, combined with the length of the period during which the applicant was detained in such conditions, amounted to degrading treatment. (2) Violation of Article 5(3): the length of the proceedings (and detention on remand) was attributable neither to the complexity of the case nor to the conduct of the applicant but to the lack of diligence and expedition on the part of court. (3) Violation of Article 6(1) and (3)(c): In view of what was at stake for the applicant the District Court could not, if the trial was to be fair, determine his case without a direct assessment of the applicant's evidence, and the presence of the applicant's lawyer could not compensate for his absence.	2009-04-10	2005 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Romanov v Russia 63993/00 (1998) ECHR 115 — The applicant's complaints about the prison conditions, the length of his detention on remand and the complaint concerning his right to be present at the hearing were admissible.	2009-04-10	1998 cases, ECHR, No summary, Transcript
Panteleyenko v Ukraine 11901/02 (2006) ECHR 667 — A search of the applicant's office, and the disclosure of confidential psychiatric information, was not in accordance with domestic law and therefore violated Article 8; the domestic authorities' refusal to pay compensation on the ground that criminal proceedings had been discontinued on "non-exonerating grounds" contravened the presumption of innocence and violated Article 6(2).	2009-04-10	2006 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Nowika v Poland 30218/96 (2002) ECHR 795 — The detention for 83 days of the applicant under Article 5(1)(b) (the lawful arrest or detention of a person for non-compliance with the lawful order of a court or in order to secure the fulfilment of any obligation prescribed by law) violated Article 5(1) as it was for longer than necessary for the fulfilment of the obligation to submit to a psychiatric examination; the restriction on visits by her family to one visit per month violated Article 8; compensation of €10,000 was awarded	2009-04-10	2002 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Naumenko v Ukraine 42023/98 (2004) ECHR 68 — Enforced medical treatment of prisoner did not violate Article 3.	2009-04-10	2004 cases, Challenges to compulsory treatment, Detailed summary, ECHR, Transcript
Nakach v The Netherlands 5379/02 (2005) ECHR 445 — The practice of the Arnhem Court of Appeal, which had upheld the applicant's continued detention, not to keep official records of hearings (on the basis that no appeal could be made from that court) breached domestic law and therefore breached Article 5(1)	2009-04-10	2005 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Morley v UK 16084/03 (2002) ECHR 853 — The applicant had been transferred from hospital back to prison. He argued that his Article 5(4) right to review of his detention had been breached as the transfer had been ordered by the executive rather than a court, and asserted that he was still of unsound mind within Article 5(1)(e). This complaint was rejected (judicial review is sufficient) and his Article 8 complaint also failed.	2009-04-10	2002 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Ministry of Justice, Transcript
Matter v Slovakia 31534/96 (1999) ECHR 38 — Proceedings relating to capacity are covered by Art 6 ECHR; in assessing whether the proceedings are completed within a reasonable time, account has to be taken of any complexity arising from the need for expert evidence and any conduct by the patient, but special diligence is required from the court in light of the importance of the question. A forced medical examination, which is an interference for the purposes of Art 8(1), could be a proportionate method of protecting a patient’s rights as part of the resolution of capacity proceedings and so justified for the purposes of Art 8(2) ECHR. [MHLR.]	2009-04-10	1999 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Keenan v UK 27229/95 (2001) ECHR 242 — The applicant's son had committed suicide while serving a prison sentence. Her Article 2 complaint was rejected (the authorities responded in a reasonable way to his conduct, placing him in hospital care and under watch when he evinced suicidal tendencies) but her Article 3 complaint was accepted (lack of effective monitoring and informed psychiatric input into his assessment and treatment, together with the imposition of punishments including seven days' segregation).	2009-04-10	2001 cases, Detailed summary, ECHR, Transcript
Kepenerov v Bulgaria 39269/98 (2003) ECHR 425 — The claimant was detained for a month by a prosecutor who had no legal power to do so, had not sought a prior medical assessment, and had not specified the length of detention (furthermore, there was no legal means to challenge the detention); there therefore had been a violation of Article 5(1)(e) and compensation of €2000 was awarded.	2009-04-10	2003 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Kaprykowski v Poland 23052/05 (2009) ECHR 198 — Detention without adequate medical treatment and assistance constituted inhuman and degrading treatment, amounting to a violation of Article 3; compensation of €3000 awarded.	2009-04-10	2009 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Grey v UK 34377/02 (2002) ECHR 854 — A Tribunal granted an absolute discharge because the claimant suffered from no mental disorder, but on judicial review this was quashed because they had not first considered conditional discharge; a subsequent Tribunal reclassified him and upheld continued detention; his complaint under Article 5(1)(e) was rejected (no duty immediately and unconditionally to release into the community), as were complaints under Article 5(4) (no undue delay) and Article 6 (no right to appeal).	2009-04-10	2002 cases, Absolute or conditional discharge, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Gorshkov v Ukraine 67531/01 (2004) ECHR 726 — The claimants complaints, relating to his detention in hospital, under Article 2, 3 and 5(1) were manifestly unfounded, but his complaint under Article 5(4) was admissible	2009-04-10	2004 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Gorshkov v Ukraine 67531/01 (2005) ECHR 936 — Although a detained patient's case was regularly reviewed on an automatic basis, the patient had no right to initiate proceedings and was not a party to them; there therefore had been a breach of Article 5(4)	2009-04-10	2005 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Gajcsi v Hungary 34503/03 (2006) ECHR 822 — The continuation of the claimant's detention for three months was not in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law, in that dangerous conduct had not been considered by the reviewing court; there had therefore been a breach of Article 5(1) and compensation of €7350 was awarded	2009-04-10	2006 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Francis v UK 3346/02 (2003) ECHR 707 — The claimant's mentally-ill son had discharged himself from hospital and committed suicide; her Article 2 and 6 complaints were dismissed.	2009-04-10	2003 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Drew v UK 35679/03 (2006) ECHR 1172 — The requirement to pass an automatic life sentence for the second serious sexual or violent offence in the absence of exceptional circumstances, even for a mentally-disordered offender, did not breach Article 3 or 5.	2009-04-09	2006 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Life sentence cases, Transcript
Croke v Ireland 33267/96 (2000) ECHR 680 — The applicant's case under Article 5 (about the absence of an independent and automatic review prior to or immediately after his initial detention in a psychiatric institution and about the absence of a periodic, independent and automatic review of his detention thereafter) was struck out of the list on the basis of a friendly settlement based on the Southern Irish government's intention to enact the Mental Health Bill 1999 to replace the Mental Treatment Act 1945.	2009-04-09	2000 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Southern Irish cases, Transcript
Clunis v UK 45049/98 (1998) ECHR 116 — The failures in providing care prior to the claimant's offence did not breach Article 8 as there was no inevitable link between the failures and the offence; although he lost his negligence action against the local authority (partly on the basis of ex turpi causa) there had been no breach of Article 6 in the procedure.	2009-04-09	1998 cases, Detailed summary, ECHR, Transcript
Atanasov v Bulgaria 73281/01 (2008) ECHR 1266 — The applicant alleged that his pre-trial detention and house arrest had been unjustified and excessively lengthy, that his confinement in a psychiatric clinic in August and September 2000 had been unlawful, that he had not been able to appeal to a court and that he did not have a right to compensation in this connection. Article 5(1), (4) and (5) had been breached and €2000 damages were awarded.	2009-04-09	2008 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Antoine v UK 62960/00 (2003) ECHR 709 — The claimant was detained under a hospital order, it having been found that he was unfit to plead but had done the act. His complaint was based on Article 6 (unable to participate effectively, no trial within reasonable time, breach of presumption of innocence), Article 3 (living under threat of further prosecution), and Article 5 (arbitrary detention). Application declared inadmissible.	2009-04-09	2003 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript, Unfitness and insanity cases
R (SP) v SSJ (2009) EWHC 13 (Admin) — The requirements of Article 2 concerning an investigation into the treatment of the claimant while she was serving a sentence of detention in a young offender institution.	2009-01-21	2009 cases, ECHR, Miscellaneous, No summary, Transcript
R (Razgar) v SSHD (2003) EWCA Civ 840 — The Secretary of State cannot lawfully certify that an immigration claim is manifestly unfounded unless the claim is bound to fail before an adjudicator; it it not enough that it is very likely to fail. All three claimants had already claimed asylum in safe European countries before claiming asylum again in the UK; the challenges to the Secretary of State's decisions were based on Article 3 and/or 8 and mental health consequences of removal.	2009-01-14	2003 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Repatriation cases, Transcript
R (Razgar) v SSHD (2004) UKHL 27 — The claimant was an Iraqi asylum seeker who had already sought asylum in Germany, but claimed that his return to Germany would adversely affect his mental health. (1) In principle, Article 8 rights can be engaged by the foreseeable consequences for health of removal from the UK pursuant to an immigration decision, even where such removal does not violate Article 3, if the facts relied on by the applicant are sufficiently strong. (2) On the facts, the Home Secretary's decision to certify the claim as manifestly unfounded was unlawful, as an adjudicator could have properly ruled in the claimant's favour.	2009-01-14	2004 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Repatriation cases, Transcript
Pankiewicz v Poland 34151/04 (2008) ECHR 148 — It would be too rigid to expect immediate transfer from prison to psychiatric hospital but, although the delay of 2 months 25 days did not at first glance seem particularly excessive, on balance it was not acceptable and violated Article 5(1); the claimant had been compensated by the domestic court so was not a victim for Article 5(3) purposes; the Article 6 complaint was rejected for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies	2009-01-12	2008 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
A v UK 25599/94 (1998) ECHR 85 — A had been beaten by his step-father more than once with a garden cane, treatment which, on the facts, reached the level of severity prohibited by Article 3; in English law reasonable chastisement is a defence to assault, and a jury acquitted the step-father on this basis; the UK had failed in its positive obligation to provide protection from breaches of Article 3.	2008-12-30	1998 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
IH v UK 17111/04 (2005) — The delay following the deferred conditional discharge decision did not breach Article 5(1), since if no psychiatric supervision could be found then continued detention was the only option, Johnson v UK 22520/93 (1997) ECHR 88 distinguished; the House of Lords had been right in concluding that the Tribunal's inability to reconsider the case in light of the inability to achieve the conditions disclosed a breach of Article 5(4); however, since the domestic court had acknowledged the breach, IH was no longer a "victim" of a violation of Article 5(4); therefore no issues arose under Article 5(5) and, in any event, there is no absolute right to compensation, and the Lords' decision not to award damages was not arbitrary or unreasonable. The application was inadmissible.	2008-11-29	2005 cases, Brief summary, Deprivation of liberty, ECHR, Transcript
Morsink v The Netherlands 48865/99 (2004) ECHR 197 — Transfer from prison to a clinic was delayed for over 15 months; immediate transfer was not expected but, on the facts, the delay breached Article 5(1) and damages were awarded.	2008-11-27	2004 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Brand v The Netherlands 49902/99 (2004) ECHR 196 — Transfer from prison to a clinic was delayed for 14 months; immediate transfer was not expected but, on the facts, the delay breached Article 5(1) and damages were awarded.	2008-11-27	2004 cases, Detailed summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Rutten v The Netherlands 32605/96 (2001) ECHR 482 — The decision to renew the patient's confinement order was taken after the order had expired, but under domestic law there was nothing requiring release in these circumstances; under Convention law the detention was not arbitrary, being based on a court order and expert evidence, so there was no violation of Article 5(1); however, the lawfulness of detention was not decided speedily, so there was a violation of Article 4(4); this finding constituted just satisfaction.	2008-11-27	2001 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Bensaid v UK 44599/98 (2001) ECHR 82 — The deportation to Algeria of a patient suffering from schizophrenia did not breach Articles 3, 8 or 13.	2008-11-27	2001 cases, ECHR, No summary, Repatriation cases, Transcript
DN v Switzerland 27154/95 (2001) ECHR 235 — The psychiatrist who sat as judge rapporteur on the Administrative Appeals Commission had, before the hearing, concluded that the patient should not be released; the patient had legitimate fears that the doctor had a preconceived opinion and was not acting impartially; this was reinforced because he was sole the psychiatric expert and the only person who had interviewed her; Article 5(4) having been breached, damages and costs were awarded	2008-11-27	2001 cases, Bias, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
Stec v UK 65731/01 (2006) ECHR 393 — Judgment of Grand Chamber. State benefits, Article 1 of Protocol No 1 & Article 14.	2008-11-23	2006 cases, ECHR, No summary, Transcript, Welfare benefits cases
Stec v UK 65731/01 (2005) ECHR 924 — Admissibility decision. State benefits, Article 1 of Protocol No 1 & Article 14.	2008-11-23	2005 cases, ECHR, No summary, Transcript, Welfare benefits cases
Renolde v France 5608/05 (2008) ECHR 1085 — The authorities failed to comply with their positive obligation to protect the detainee's right to life, in violation of Article 2, partly because they did not monitor his compliance with anti-psychotic medication. A penalty of 45 days' detention in a punishment cell breached Article 3 (inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment).	2008-11-06	2008 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
MH v UK 11577/06 (2008) ECHR 181 — Statement of facts and question to the parties. The question to the parties is: "Do the facts of the case disclose a breach of Article 5 § 4 of the Convention: (a) in relation to the failure to provide an automatic referral to a court when a patient is detained under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and when that patient lacks the capacity to take proceedings; and (b) when that detention is prolonged under section 29(4) of the same Act?"	2008-10-30	2008 cases, Brief summary, Displacement, ECHR, Transcript
Munjaz v UK 32913/06 (2008) ECHR 215 — Statement of facts and questions lodged with the court.	2008-10-22	2008 cases, ECHR, No summary, Transcript
Shtukaturov v Russia 44009/05 (2008) ECHR 223 — Incapacity proceedings and detention breached ECHR Articles 5, 6, and 8. [Summary required.]	2008-10-13	2008 cases, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, No summary, Transcript
Megyeri v Germany 13770/88 (1992) ECHR 49 — Importance of legal representation.	2008-09-12	1992 cases, ECHR, No summary, Transcript
Kolanis v UK 517/02 (2005) ECHR 411 — Conditional discharge/Article 5.	2008-09-12	2005 cases, After-care, ECHR, No summary, Transcript
Johnson v UK 22520/93 (1997) ECHR 88 — Finding that patient not longer suffering from mental illness did not require his immediate and unconditional discharge.	2007-09-16	1997 cases, Brief summary, Deferred conditional discharge, ECHR, Transcript
M v UK 30357/03 (2007) ECHR 206 — Case struck out of list, as friendly settlement reached to ensure MHA compliant with Article 8: MHA to be amended to allow patient to apply for displacement of NR on specified grounds.	2007-07-17	2007 cases, Brief summary, Displacement, ECHR, Transcript
Winterwerp v Netherlands 6301/73 (1979) ECHR 4 — In the court’s opinion, except in emergency cases, the individual concerned should not be deprived of his liberty unless he has been reliably shown to be of ‘unsound mind’. The very nature of what has to be established before the competent national authority – this is, a true mental disorder – calls for objective medical expertise. Further, the mental disorder must be of a kind or degree warranting compulsory confinement. What is more, the validity of continued confinement depends upon the persistence of such a disorder.	2007-06-07	1979 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript
HM v Switzerland 39187/98 (2002) ECHR 157 — HM was admitted to a nursing home because of neglect. She argued that neglect was not a ground for deprivation of liberty, and that she did not fall into the vagrancy category under Article 5(1). The ECHR held that there had been no deprivation of liberty and so no breach of Article 5(1). HM had capacity to object but was undecided; the clinic were entitled to infer consent from the lack of objection. [Summary required; detailed external summary available.]	2007-02-07	2002 cases, Detailed summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Nielsen v Denmark 33488/96 (2000) ECHR 81 — Article 5 and child's admission to a psychiatric ward which had been arranged by his mother. [Summary required.]	2007-02-07	2000 cases, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, No summary, Transcript
Guzzardi v Italy 7367/76 (1980) ECHR 5 — Article 5(1) is not concerned with mere restrictions on liberty of movement; the starting point must be the concrete situation and account must be taken of a whole range of criteria such as the type, duration, effects and manner of implementation of the measure; the difference between deprivation of and restriction upon liberty is merely one of degree or intensity, and not one of nature or substance.	2007-02-07	1980 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Ashingdane v UK 8225/78 (1985) ECHR 8 — Article 5 is concerned with deprivation of liberty rather than mere restriction on liberty (in this case the failure to transfer the patient from high to medium security).	2007-02-07	1985 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Rakevich v Russia 58973/00 (2003) ECHR 558 — Detention and Article 5. [Summary required.]	2007-02-07	2003 cases, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, No summary, Transcript
Storck v Germany 61603/00 (2005) ECHR 406 — Breach of Arts 5, 8 for detention in private clinic. [Summary required.]	2007-02-07	2005 cases, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, No summary, Transcript
HL v UK 45508/99 (2004) ECHR 471 — 'Informal' compliant incapacitated patient was deprived of his liberty, with lack of procedural safeguards or access to court, in breach of Art 5(1) and (4).	2007-02-07	2004 cases, Detailed summary, ECHR, ECHR deprivation of liberty cases, Transcript
Hutchinson Reid v UK 50272/99 (2003) ECHR 94 — Treatability test not necessary for Article 5(1) compliance (re Scottish removal of this test); breaches of Article 5(4) due to onus being on patient and the delay for the case to come to the House of Lords.	2007-02-07	1998 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Transcript, Treatability test and psychopathic disorder
Benjamin and Wilson v UK 28212/95 (2002) ECHR 636 — Technical lifer status violated Article 5(4). See "Technical lifer" page for background.	2006-08-15	2002 cases, Brief summary, ECHR, Ministry of Justice, Transcript
JT v UK 26494/95 (2000) ECHR 133 — Case struck out of list, as friendly settlement reached to ensure MHA compliant with Article 8: MHA to be amended to allow patient to apply for displacement of NR where reasonably objected; and to allow exclusion of certain persons from acting as NR.	2006-05-03	2000 cases, Detailed summary, Displacement, ECHR, Transcript