Solicitors for a woman detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act and forced to have a Caesarean are to appeal a High Court decision that she waited too long to challenge the legality of her detention. Leigh Day & Co solicitor Richard Stein, who is representing the woman known only as Ms S, said an appeal was lodged last Thursday after Mr Justice Popplewell ruled the original application was made four months after the three-month deadline.
Litigation Writs 25/03/97
A Beaconsfield man who was badly injured in a road accident which also killed his wife is now claiming damages in the High Court. The writ issued by Anthony Lamont says he and his wife, Robyn Lamont, and Ross Sheppard were waiting to cross the A355 Amersham Road at Beaconsfield when the accident happened on […]