Guide to determining ordinary residence for aftercare under the Mental Health Act
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
The leading authority is R v Barnet LBC ex p Shah [1983] 2 AC 309, where Lord Scarman said: “…‘ordinarily resident’ refers to a man’s abode in a particular place or country which he has adopted voluntarily and for settled purposes as part of the regular order of his life for the time being, whether of short or long duration”.
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