Re AH; AH v Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2011] EWHC 276 (COP)

(1) The case concerned the proposal to move 12 adults from a specialist residential service (SRS) to alternative homes, and this judgment is a 'firm provisional decision' on one case in the hope of assisting resolution of all cases. (2) It was clearly not in AH's best interests to be moved: only the closure of SRS could justify the turmoil of a move. (3) This case illustrates the point that guideline policies (here, the campus closure programme) cannot be treated as universal solutions.

Related judgments

Re AH (Costs); AH v Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2011] EWHC 3524 (COP)

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Before: Peter Jackson J

Hearing: 24-27 January 2011

Judgment: 17 February 2011

Miss Jenni Richards (instructed by Mackintosh Law) for the Applicant

Mr Sydney Chawatama (instructed by Capsticks Solicitors LLP) for the Respondents

Citations

AH (by his litigation friend RH) v (1) Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2) Ealing Primary Care Trust

Case No: COP11868544

Thanks

Thanks to Alex Ruck Keene (39 Essex Chambers) for providing the judgment.

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