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SIR NICHOLAS WALL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILY DIVISION LORD JUSTICE THORPE and MR JUSTICE HEDLEY ____________________
Martin Westgate QC and Kerry Bretherton (instructed by Linder Myers) for the Appellant Richard Gordon QC and Amy Street (instructed by Irwin Mitchell LLP) for the 1st Respondent Gillian Irving QC and David Mackley (instructed by Local Authority Legal Department) for the 2nd Respondent Neil Allen (instructed by Linder Myers) for the 3rd Respondent Hearing dates : 16th June 2010 ____________________
The relevant exception for present purposes is that contained in Article 5(1) (e) "the lawful detention�..of persons of unsound mind".
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