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Courts braced for surge in cases of elderly locked up against their will The President of the Family Division of the High Court Sir James Munby predicts rush of claims from care home patients held in cages’ Frail, disabled and elderly people who are locked up in care homes and hospitals could soon overwhelm the courts with legal challenges against their treatment, the most senior family judge in England and Wales has warned. The President of the Family Division of the High Court, Sir James Munby, said it was becoming clear that the number of people forcibly deprived of their liberty on mental health grounds had been “vastly” underestimated. Lawyers representing people involved in cases in Sunderland, Northampton, Cornwall, Rochdale, Northumbria and Worcestershire, as well as legal representatives for Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, were in court for the hearing at which Sir James outlined the scale of the challenge. telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10818296/Courts-braced-for-surge-in-cases-of-elderly-locked-up-against-their-will.html
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 08:36:28 +0000

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