Clark v Chief Constable of Merseyside

I’ve just read one of the weirdest High Court judgments I’ve ever read and it raises a point of law about the detention in police custody of someone who was originally arrested for an offence, but is mentally ill to such a degree they require admission to hospital under s2 of the Mental Health Act […]

Remember Your ABCDE

Earlier this year, the National Police Chiefs Council issued guidance on the topic of “Restricted Patients under s37 and s41 Who Abscond”. This is accompanied by a flowchart, summarising the ten page guidance document. There are a few issues with this document, which I feel obliged to highlight — Firstly, despite the title indicating the […]

136 at Hospital

A recent query from an officer and it made me think if someone is asking this, perhaps others are wondering or seeing the same thing? “We are experiencing a relatively recent trend of our local hospital applying a level of pressure to s136 individuals when we are in attendance there with them (we will have […]