| The High Court has
decided that a Crown Court judge acted unlawfully when he ordered an NHS
trust to hand over the psychiatric records of a 14-year-old girl to the
man who was accused of sexually abusing her.
The High Court determined that the action was unlawful, as it did not
allow the girl sufficient time to make representations that disclosure
of her records should not occur.
Full story in bjhc&im October 2006 (357 words)
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