Showing posts with label R. (L.) v. West London Mental Health NHS Trust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label R. (L.) v. West London Mental Health NHS Trust. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Staying out of the Wilderness of Single Instances: Some Thoughts on Context and Procedural Fairness

At the centre of R. (L.) v. West London Mental Health NHS Trust, [2014] EWCA Civ 47 was a man with significant mental health challenges. In a learned judgment, Beatson L.J. analyzed the requirements of the common law of procedural fairness and made some interesting observations about the challenges the common law poses for reviewing courts.