Regina (Antoniou) v Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and others – WLR Daily

Posted October 15th, 2013 in hospitals, human rights, inquests, law reports, suicide by sally

Regina (Antoniou) v Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and others [2013] EWHC 3055 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 379

“In order to fulfil its procedural obligations under article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms the state was not obliged to conduct, prior to an inquest, an immediate and independent investigation into the circumstances of the death of a patient detained in hospital under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983.”

WLR Daily, 10th October 2013

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