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Application for release from secure treatment denied; statutory criteria for involuntary admission met due to severe self-harm risk.
The applicant child applied to the Child and Family Services Review Board to review her emergency admission to a secure treatment unit.
The child conceded she had a mental disorder but disputed that the remaining statutory criteria for admission were met.
The Board heard evidence from the child's mother and a staff psychiatrist regarding the child's escalating self-harm, involvement in an online exploitation group, and the failure of less restrictive community treatments.
The Board found that the child's mental disorder caused a substantial threat of serious bodily harm, that the secure treatment program would be effective, and that no less restrictive method was appropriate.
The application for release was denied.
The court dismissed an appeal of an arbitral decision, upholding the arbitrator's deferral of a solicitor-client privilege ruling and refusal to remove counsel.
An appeal from an arbitrator's decision in a long-running dispute between law firms regarding a Professional Services Agreement.
The appellants challenged the arbitrator's handling of a solicitor-client privilege objection to spreadsheets and her refusal to remove respondents' counsel who received the allegedly privileged documents.
The court upheld the arbitrator's decision to dismiss the privilege motion while reserving the right to reconsider the issue after further evidence, and upheld the decision not to remove counsel.
The court found the arbitrator acted within her discretion and applied the law reasonably to the circumstances.
