R (Munjaz) v Ashworth Hospital Authority (2005) UKHL 58
From Mental Health Law Online
The Code of Practice is guidance rather than instruction, but must not be departed from in the absence of cogent reasons; the Ashworth seclusion policy, although deviating from the standards in the Code of Practice, was lawful.
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