Facts: DC was a restricted patient, who appealed the decision of the First-tier Tribunal not to order his deferred conditional discharge, but to adjourn for further evidence to decide the appropriate conditions.

Judgment: Upper Tribunal Judge Jacobs held that before a deferred conditional discharge was made, conditions for the discharge had to be identified and included in the direction; the purpose of deferral was to allow time for the specified arrangements to be made. Accordingly the First-tier Tribunal had acted appropriately.