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R (G) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, R (N) v Secretary of State for Health, R (B) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (G) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, R (N) v Secretary of State for Health, R (B) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
   
Issue: Whether a ban on indoor smoking in a high secure hospital, where outdoor smoking was not practical, breached Arts 8 and/or 14 ECHR; whether a no-smoking policy was being applied inflexibly and so unlawfully.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/2459/2007, CO/5522/2007, CO/7381/2007
   
Neutral Citation:   [2008] EWHC 1096 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Pill LJ, Silber J
   
Date: 20 May 2008