# Case (Claim for unlawful detention etc). Appiah v Leeds City Council \[2025\] EWHC 1537 (KB)

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**Created:** [27 June 2025 20:37 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-claim-for-unlawful-detention-etc-appiah-v-leeds-city-council-2025-ewhc-1537-kb/3792 "2025-06-27T20:37:00Z")\
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— 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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Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Appiah\_v\_Leeds\_City\_Council\_(2025)\_EWHC\_1537\_(KB)?id=270625-2037](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Appiah_v_Leeds_City_Council_(2025)_EWHC_1537_(KB)?id=270625-2037)