The Chamber was composed of Mark Villiger, President, Ann Power-Forde, Ganna Yudkivska, André Potocki, Paul Lemmens, Helena Jäderblom and Aleš Pejchal, judges, and Stephen Phillips, Deputy Section Registrar

Even in the proceedings before the Court, the Government did not present any material that would persuade it to conclude otherwise.

Dr Sergeant appears to have said that the alternatives were another Mental Health Assessment visit or an attempt to persuade the applicant to visit the social services department again and then to give

xa0; Luis López Guerra, President,   George Nicolaou,   Helen Keller,   Johannes Silvis,   Dmitry Dedov,   Pere Pastor Vilanova,   Alena Poláčková, judges, and Stephen Phillips

He is represented before the Court by Mr Luc-Philippe Febbraro, a lawyer practising in Aix-en-Provence.     The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.

The applicant in application no. 77587/12 (hereinafter “the first applicant”), who had been granted legal aid, was represented by Ms Philippa Southwell of Birds Solicitors, a law firm based in London.