G.B. v The Mental Health Tribunal (Unapproved)

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This is an appeal against the refusal by Creedon J for an order of certiorari (and a related application for declaratory relief) quashing a decision of a Mental Health Tribunal dated the 5th of June 2020. That decision affirmed an Admission Order made on the 18th of May 2020 under the provisions of section 14(1) of the Mental Health Act 2001 as amended (�the Act�). The Admission Order authorised the reception, detention and treatment of the applicant on an involuntary basis at Tallaght University Hospital, an � approved centre � within the meaning of the Act. The order was made by a Dr Kelly.

The Mental Health Commission must, under section 17 of the Act, refer an Admission Order to a Mental Health Tribunal. Its role is addressed in section 18 of the Act. So far as is material, that provision is as follows: -

� 18(1)� Where an Admission Order or a Renewal Order has been referred to a Tribunal under s. 17 the Tribunal shall review the detention of the patient concerned and shall either -

����������� (a)������� if satisfied that the patient is suffering from a mental disorder, and