Unfitness to Plead Consultation Responses - Law Commission ...

Response to Consultation Paper on UNFITNESS TO PLEAD
Signed and transmitted electronically to avoid delay
Signature: _______________________________ Date: 27 January 2011
Sameer P. Sarkar, MD, LLM
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.
Consultant in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry
Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983
GMC Ref No. 4378976
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Enclosures: Recent paper by Dr. Sarkar
Commentary on Dr. Sarkar’s paper by Prof. Tom Grisso
Paper by Larry Steinberg et al (2009) on ‘The APA Flip Flop’
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