B v Croydon Health Authority

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1996
CourtHouse of Lords
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4 cases
  • Tameside and Glossop Acute Services Trust v CH
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • Invalid date
    ... WALL, J ... Medical treatment – adult patient detained under s 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 – tests at 38th week of pregnancy showing development of foetus required immediate ... of s 63 of the Mental Health Act 1983 approved by the Court of Appeal in LB v Croydon District Health Authority [1995] 1 FCR 662. It followed that the patient's consent was not required ... ...
  • St. George's Healthcare N.H.S. Trust v S
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 1998
    ... ... The Queen and Louize Collins Pathfinder Mental Health Services Nhs Trust St Georges Healthcare Nhs Trust Ex parte Ms [1998] EWCA Civ ... temporarily (eg due to unconsciousness), the patient must be cared for according to the authority's judgment of the patient's best interests. Where the patient has given an advance directive, ... ...
  • B v Barking Havering and Brentwood Community Healthcare NHS Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 1998
    ...a patient's treatment plan." 32The approach of Mr Gledhill conflicts with that of Hoffmann LJ as to the meaning of "treatment" in R v Croydon Health Authority [1995] Fam. 133. Hoffmann LJ was not considering outpatient treatment but he rejected an "atomistic" approach to what is treatment b......
  • In the matter of an application by HM Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for Judicial Review (Oswald Brown)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland)
    • 21 December 2006
    ... ... mentally incapacitated I wish this advanced directive to be overridden on the advice of my health professional, members of my family or any other third party”. I adopt I think the helpful word ... Firstly, it seems to me there is authority at B v Croydon Health Authority [1995] 2 WLR 294, a decision of the Court of Appeal in England. In ... ...

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