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R (Hagan) v Anglia and Oxfordshire MHRT [1998] EWHC Admin 1113

Tribunal found that patient suffered from detainable PD but non-detainable MI; however, they refused to reclassify. Decision not to reclassify quashed, and the matter remitted to Tribunal with a direction that they reach the proper decision. [Caution.]

Related cases

R (Hagan) v Anglia and Oxfordshire MHRT [1999] MHLR 204 - successful appeal

Update

A change made by the Mental Health Act 2007 is relevant to this case. See Mental disorder no longer split into separate classifications 3/11/08

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Possible Bailii link (not there when checked last night, but might have appeared since)