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Revision as of 23:35, 15 October 2008
The following change made by the Mental Health Act 2007 is relevant:
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The leading case on the test is Reid v Secretary of State for Scotland [1998] UKHL 43.
The test only applied to psychopathic disorder (and, less contentiously, to mental impairment) and stated that treatment must be "likely to alleviate or prevent a deterioration of his condition".
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