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DD v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Secretary of State for Justice

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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DD v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Secretary of State for Justice
   
Issue: Whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction to consider an application made by a patient who was detained as a restricted patient at the time of the application by reason of findings of unfitness to stand trial and having committed the acts charged, but who was conditionally discharged by the Secretary of State before the hearing; whether the Upper Tribunal should consider an appeal which was academic.
   
Court: Upper Tribunal (AAC)
   
Reference:   UA-2022-000151-HM
   
Neutral Citation:   [2022] UKUT 166 (AAC)
   
Judge(s): UTJ Jacobs
   
Date: 44735