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Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before :
ALAN BATES
(sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)
Between :
THE KING (on the application of BRO) | Claimant |
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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT - and – (1) ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL (2) NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | Defendant Interested Parties |
Camila Zapata Besso (instructed by Wilson Solicitors LLP) for the Claimant.
Matthew Howarth (instructed by the Government Legal Department) for the Defendant.
No appearance of behalf of the First Interested Party
Katherine Hampshire (instructed by Kennedys Law LLP) for the Second Interested Party.
Hearing date: 20 August 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 2pm on 26 August 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
This version is an amended version of the judgment containing minor amendments made by the Court under the Slip Rule on 27 August 2025 and released to the National Archives on that date.
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- THE DEPUTY JUDGE
- Factual background
- Preliminary issue: admissibility of medical notes and reports by Dr Bourdillon-Schicker
- Permission to apply for judicial review on the pleaded grounds (Grounds 1 to 5)
- Should the Claimant be granted permission to amend his SFG so as to add proposed Ground 6 (‘detention has been in breach of Article 3 of the Convention Rights’)
- Conclusions