Law and practice

Mental Capacity Act Topics about, or mostly about, the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Other Law and practice topics that don’t fit into the other sub-categories. Mental Health Tribunal Topics about, or mostly about, the First-tier Tribunal’s mental health jurisdiction in England or the MHRT for Wales. Mental Health Act Topics about, or mostly about, the Mental Health Act 1983.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the "Law and practice" category Law and practice	0	523	6 October 2020
Section 48/49 MHA if no CPS evidence Mental Health Act	7	123	18 October 2026
Section 117 and adaptation to bungalow Mental Health Act aftercare	8	208	16 October 2026
Patient safety while awaiting a bed to complete a section 2 recomendation Mental Health Act	8	374	13 October 2026
Early post-AGNI court judgments Mental Capacity Act agni	15	661	12 October 2026
Section 25 barring order -- hospital managers' discretion Mental Health Act hmh	6	278	8 October 2026
Legal Aid audit -- Level 1 or Level 2 fee Other legal-aid	1	205	6 October 2026
"Liable to be detained" confusion Mental Health Act statutory-criteria	7	312	5 October 2026
Where does Cheshire West No. 2 and "valid consent" leave CD(Dep)? And CTOs? Mental Health Act dol , supervised-conditional-discharge , agni	21	911	1 October 2026
Advice wanted on being assessed by CMHT, sectioned and forced to sign financial LPA Other	9	379	30 September 2026
H5 section 3 renewal Mental Health Act mha-forms	4	240	28 September 2026
Associate hospital managers and IMHA Mental Health Act	2	313	24 September 2026
AGNI ruling - paradigm psychiatric settings Other agni	1	374	17 September 2026
Section 133 (Duty of managers of hospitals to inform nearest relative of discharge) in practice Mental Health Act	2	139	16 September 2026
S117 service charge and rent Mental Health Act aftercare	7	566	11 September 2026
DOLS/Court of Protection order -- advice please Mental Capacity Act agni	5	445	7 September 2026
Monitoring the conditions to which mentally disordered offenders are subject during conditional discharge Mental Health Act	10	326	3 September 2026
MHA assessment quicker than CTO recall? (Also: definition of hospital) Mental Health Act mha-assessment , cto	30	452	1 September 2026
Nearest Relative - relative visiting from overseas Mental Health Act nr	4	333	1 September 2026
Section 117 choice of accommodation Mental Health Act aftercare	2	100	27 August 2026
Aftercare accommodation and being placed "on an involuntary (in the sense of being incapacitated) basis" Mental Health Act aftercare	6	184	26 August 2026
Medical treatment to address future sex offending risk Other crime , treatment	0	193	26 August 2026
LGSCO decision not to investigate Other	1	98	26 August 2026
S117/CHC/other entitlement to free mental health care Mental Health Act aftercare	8	361	25 August 2026
Mental-health and equality issues in ongoing civil proceedings Other lawyer-needed	2	177	23 August 2026
Aftercare accommodation and "original condition" Mental Health Act aftercare	7	410	18 August 2026
CTO revocation by covering RC who had not assessed patient Mental Health Act cto	11	447	17 August 2026
MHA Section 2 or Section 3? Mental Health Act	3	338	12 August 2026
Detention in A&E under MCA -- while waiting for bed after MHA assessment Mental Capacity Act	14	838	5 August 2026
RoL in the absence of DoL (and the safeguards) Mental Capacity Act agni	4	277	3 August 2026