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Michael Ferguson v State Hospital Management Committee | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether a patient with a personality disorder should be discharged on the basis that he was not treatable; whether containment in a structured environment together with nursing care amounted to treatment. | 
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| Court:  | 
Lanark Sheriff’s Court | 
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| Reference:    | 
B71/98 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Sheriff JD Allan | 
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| Date:  | 
26 April 1999 |