Court : House of Lords
..... with billesley parochial church council v. wallbank [2004] 1 ac 546 (referred to by lord mance in paragraph 87 of his opinion) the act, or acts, of the parochial church council held by the house to be private in nature were the steps taken to recover from private individuals the cost of ..... ), explained the resulting clause in the bill thus: "the definition of what constitutes a public authority is in wide terms. examples of persons or organisations whose acts or omissions it is intended should be able to be challenged include central government (including executive agencies); local government; the police; immigration officers; prisons; courts and ..... use of statutory coercive powers. all in-patients receiving treatment for psychiatric disorder are potentially vulnerable to detention under section 5 of the mental health act 1983. this means that their capacity for self-determination is diminished and their vulnerability to human rights abuses increased even before any compulsory powers are .....
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