Law Report: Former Mental Patients Could Not Be Charged for Residential After-Care Services ; 30 July 2002 Regina V Richmond London Borough Council, Ex Parte Watson and Other Appeals ([2002] UKHL 34) House of Lords (Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Steyn, Lord Hutton and Lord Millett) 25 July 2002

Kate O'Hanlon, Barrister, The Independent (London, England)

LOCAL SOCIAL services authorities were not entitled to charge persons in their areas who had been discharged from compulsory detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 for after-care services provided under section 117 of the Act.

The House of Lords dismissed the appeals of various local authorities against a decision in judicial review proceedings that charges they had made for the provision of after-care services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 were unlawful.

The three cases before their Lordships all involved mentally ill persons who had been formally admitted to hospital under section 3 of the 1983 Act. They had been discharged and placed in …

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Publication information: Article title: Law Report: Former Mental Patients Could Not Be Charged for Residential After-Care Services ; 30 July 2002 Regina V Richmond London Borough Council, Ex Parte Watson and Other Appeals ([2002] UKHL 34) House of Lords (Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Steyn, Lord Hutton and Lord Millett) 25 July 2002. Contributors: Kate O'Hanlon, Barrister - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: July 3, 2002. Page number: 14. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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