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Court of Appeal, in circumstances where the appellants were unsuccessful in obtaining any of the reliefs which they had sought in their proceedings before the High Court concerning access to mental health services, grants an order for the costs of the appeal in favour of the respondents, on the grounds, inter alia, that the case which the appellants sought to make before this Court was quite different to the case they had made before the High Court; that the appeal was misconceived; and that the appellants had an appropriate forum open to them to litigate the extent of the appropriate mental health treatment and services which the respondent was under a duty to provide.
Court of Appeal - costs ruling - judgment 9th October, 2023 - Meenan J. - costs granted to appellants in High Court - had focused on provision of mental health services and treatment in Central Mental Hospital - appeal related to provision of community-based mental health treatment by local community mental health service - Legal Services Regulation Act, 2015 - section 169(1) - first appellant's mental health not a matter of public importance - not appropriate to change argument on appeal - costs order in favour of the respondent.
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