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Staff Protection Against Civil and Criminal Action Under the Mental Health Act 1983

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Bridgit Dimond
Bridgit Dimond*
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Barrister-at-Law and Reader in Law and Health Service Management, The Polytechnic of Wales, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan
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In the 19th century doctors threatened to go on certification strike unless they were given a measure of legal immunity. Provision was accordingly made in the Lunacy Act 1890 and that provision was the ancestor of S. 139 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 11 , Issue 10 , October 1987 , pp. 333 - 337
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