C v Mental Health Tribunal (Unapproved)

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Donnelly J.���������������������������������������������������� � Neutral Citation Number [2022] IECA 290

             This judgment concerns whether or not the respondent gave sufficient reasons when expressing its conclusions on a renewal order in respect of the appellant. The impugned decision is dated the 12 February 2021 and affirmed a renewal order dated the 25 January 2021 authorizing the detention of the applicant as an involuntary patient in the relevant hospital for a six-month period ending on the 26 July 2021.

             The following reliefs were originally sought:

(a)           A declaration that the decision was made in breach of the respondent�s statutory duty to give reasons, pursuant to s. 18(5) of the 2001 Act;