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Hong Kong Case Law

Judicial review of psychiatric detention
  • 26 Sept 2012

    HKSAR v. LIN JUN

    Citation
    HKSAR v. LIN JUN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC135/2012

    Leave to appeal dismissed and the hospital order retained without a specified term because psychiatric opinion did not support a confident expectation that the applicant would be fit for release within a specified period; detention is for treatment and public protection and will be subject to annual psychiatric review.

    • Infanticide
    • Hospital order (unspecified term)
    • Postpartum psychosis
    • Judicial review of psychiatric detention