Volume 05 – 2002
(2002) 5 CCLR 639
A homosexual partner of a patient will be the nearest relative of a patient under the Mental Health Act 1983 in the same circumstances as would apply were the couple heterosexual and unmarried.
1,621
R on the application of SSG v Liverpool CC (1) and Secretary of State for the Department of Health (2) and LS (Interested party)