Allen, R (on the application of) v HM Coroner for Inner North London, Court of Appeal - Civil Division, June 25, 2009, [2009] EWCA Civ 623

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Allen, R (on the application of) v HM Coroner for Inner North London, Court of Appeal - Civil Division, June 25, 2009, [2009] EWCA Civ 623

Neutral Citation Number: [2009] EWCA Civ 623

Case No: C1/2008/2350

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATIVE COURT

Mr Justice Blake

CO/4549/2007

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 25/06/2009

Before :

THE PRESIDENT OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION, SIR ANTHONY MAY

LORD JUSTICE DYSON

and

LORD JUSTICE HOOPER

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Between :

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Mr Leslie Thomas (instructed by Messrs Bindman & Partners) for the Appellant/Claimant

The Respondent/Defendant did not appear and was not represented.

Hearing date: Wednesday 10 June 2009

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JudgmentThe President of the Queen's Bench Division.

This is the judgment of the Court written by Dyson LJ.

1. This is an appeal against the refusal of Blake J to give permission to apply for judicial review of decisions made by the coroner Dr Andrew Scott Reid at an inquest into the death of Sandra Jane Allen. Mrs Allen died on 2 October 2006. She was 61 years of age. In July 2006, she had been detained by the Camden and Islington Social Care NHS Care Trust (``the Care Trust'') under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 because she was suffering from a pre-existing schizophrenic disorder. She was detained at Highgate Mental Health Centre.

2. It will be necessary to consider in some detail the circumstances surrounding her death. At this stage, the barest outline account will suffice. At ...

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