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R v An Immigration Officer ex p X (Court of Appeal) | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether a failed asylum seeker who was detained in a psychiatric hospital could be deported under the Immigration Act 1971 or whether the Home Secretary was bound to use s86 Mental Health Act 1983. | 
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| Court:  | 
Court of Appeal | 
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| Reference:    | 
C/2000/2318 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Schiemann and Tuckey LJJ, Sir Swinton Thomas | 
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| Date:  | 
7 December 2000 |