Liability Risk and Insurance
Local authority obliged to provide support under section 117 of Mental Health Act despite damages fund
Some will remember the 2005 catastrophic injury case of Tinsley v Sarkar [2005] EWHC 192 (QB). The claimant suffered serious
head injuries in a road traffic accident. He was left with an organic personality disorder which in turn resulted in his being
detained under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983.