Mazhar v Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust & Ors (Rev 1) [2020] EWCA Civ 1377

An appeal against a decision of Mostyn J in 2016 on an ‘out of hours’ application for orders under the inherent jurisdiction against Mr Mazhar, which orders resulted in Mr Mazhar, then aged 26, being removed from home to hospital. The appeal raises important issues about how such applications should be dealt with in the future, with a proposal that the judgment of the court be brought to the attention of the President of the Family decision to allow him to consider whether fresh guidance to practitioners and judges.