R (LH) v MHRT (2002) EWHC 1522 (Admin)

(1) There is no need for reasons for not making a recommendation where, as here, there is no contention (or any evidence in support of a contention) justifying a recommendation or the consideration of it. (2) In any event, an extra-statutory recommendation, outside the scope of s72(3), has no legal effect and is not susceptible to judicial review. (3) That s72 does not allow consideration of a hospital's suitability in terms of security or family proximity does not disclose a Convention incompatibility: a lacuna in an Act or a failure to provide an effective remedy for a Convention violation does not mean that the Act is incompatible.

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• R (LH) v MHRT [2002] EWHC 170 (Admin)
• R (LH) v MHRT [2002] EWHC 1522 (Admin)

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