Coombs v North Dorset NHS Primary Care Trust and another – WLR Daily

Posted May 3rd, 2013 in appeals, costs, detention, hospitals, law reports, mental health by tracey

Coombs v North Dorset NHS Primary Care Trust and another: [2013] EWCA Civ 471;   [2013] WLR (D)  158

“There was nothing inherent in the structure or wording of the Mental Health Act 1983 or the National Health Service Act 2006, and nothing by way of public policy, to exclude the possibility of a person detained under a provision of the 1983 Act from paying or contributing to the cost of his treatment or care.”

WLR Daily, 30th April 2013

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