# Provision of tribunal reasons to victims **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [14 January 2023 10:21 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/provision-of-tribunal-reasons-to-victims/1433 "2023-01-14T10:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MHLO](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/user_avatar/forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/mhlo/32/24_2.png) [@MHLO](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/MHLO)\ **Post date:** [14 January 2023 10:21 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/provision-of-tribunal-reasons-to-victims/1433/1 "2023-01-14T10:21:40Z")
— The High Court has decided that the tribunal's previous blanket policy of refusing to provide reasons to victims was unlawful; the further refusal decision made during the JR proceedings was also unlawful and had failed to engage with the purpose of the open justice principle; and a refusal to provide a gist of the reasons when the Parole Board would provide this in similar circumstances is unlawful discrimination. See [Maher v First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) [2023] EWHC 34 (Admin)](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Maher_v_First-tier_Tribunal_(Mental_Health)_(2023)_EWHC_34_(Admin) "Maher v First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) [2023] EWHC 34 (Admin)"). * * * Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Maher\_v\_First-tier\_Tribunal\_(Mental\_Health)\_(2023)\_EWHC\_34\_(Admin)?id=140123-0957](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Maher_v_First-tier_Tribunal_(Mental_Health)_(2023)_EWHC_34_(Admin)?id=140123-0957) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/user_avatar/forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/jonathan/32/88_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Jonathan)\ **Post date:** [20 January 2023 12:08 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/provision-of-tribunal-reasons-to-victims/1433/2 "2023-01-20T12:08:33Z")
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