Unsound Mind in UK Law
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Re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation); F v West Berkshire HA
... ... which I have been able to read in advance, I cannot altogether rid my mind of the impression that Gemmell failed in proper care in taking his lorry ... both minors (formerly described as infants) and persons of unsound mind (formerly described as lunatics or idiots). While the history of that ... ...
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Masterman-Lister v Brutton; Masterman-Lister v Jewell
... ... be treated as under a disability while he is an infant, or of unsound mind. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2) above a person is of ... ...
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Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
... ... Lynch's death. He was of sound mind and his judgment was not impaired. The sole cause of his death was ... rely on a duty owed to some other hypothetical prisoner who was of unsound mind. The Commissioner does not seek to withdraw this concession on the ... ...
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P (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v Cheshire West and Chester Council and another
... ... Intervener (National Autistic Society and Mind) ... Ian Wise QC Stephen Broach Martha Spurrier ... Throughout the 19 th century it was assumed that persons of unsound mind (then known as either "lunatics" or "idiots") should be kept in some ... ...
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Hart v O'Connor
... ... The vendor, who was 83, was, unknown to the defendant, of unsound mind. The defendant commenced farming the land and carried out ... ...
- Re Shortridge (a Person of Unsound Mind)
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Hewer v Bryant
... ... said that, if an infant under 21 (or, I may add, a person of unsound mind) had a claim against a public authority, his claim was to be barred ... ...
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Yonge v Toynbee
... ... of the action the client became, and was certified as being, of unsound mind. In ignorance of his unsoundness of mind, and of his having been so ... ...
- Re Hinchliffe, a Person of Unsound Mind, Deceased
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Re Beaney, decd
... ... that at the date of the transfer, Maud Beaney was not of sound mind and understanding ... Mrs. Beaney was born on May 7, 1909. No. 74, ... no doubt, is that it is unusual for a person who is, or may be, of unsound mind to make a gift of any substance without his affairs having first been ... ...
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