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McCann v The State Hospitals Board for Scotland [2017] UKSC 31
Jul 31, 2017•9 min
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Episode description
The Scottish smoking ban in hospital grounds has been a source of contention since being passed by the Scottish Parliament and in this case we see a challenge from a detained mental health patient. The ban in this instance also invovled searching for and confiscating tobacco and so the case reliednot only on domestic legislation but human rights grounds as well.
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