— The claimant patient had been detained under s3 and treated for 4 months until release by the tribunal. She sued the trust for unlawful detention, false imprisonment and ECHR breaches. Her husband claimed under Article 8 for being deprived of her company. The trust applied for the claim to be struck out (on four grounds: limitation; statement of case disclosed no reasonable grounds; abuse of process; failure to comply with court orders etc) but were unsuccessful. The trust had itself breached a court order in relation to ADR.
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