Law and practice

Mental Capacity Act Topics about, or mostly about, the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Mental Health Act Topics about, or mostly about, the Mental Health Act 1983. 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.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the "Law and practice" category Law and practice	0	492	6 October 2020
Section 117 accommodation for patient excluded from co-owned matrimonial home Mental Health Act	1	42	17 December 2025
Paper review for detained patient Law and practice	0	25	16 December 2025
Impact of Mazur on Mental Health Law? Other	6	267	15 December 2025
Vulnerable person's 2-3 day absence from placement not reported to safeguarding Other	3	71	14 December 2025
Is there anything like Martha`s Rule in care homes? Other	4	112	12 December 2025
Withdrawal and reinstatement Mental Health Tribunal	1	111	11 December 2025
Meaning of words in statutory criteria: appropriate, necessary etc Mental Health Act	4	149	10 December 2025
Why are mental health professionals and doctors held in some way responsible for a person's suicide soon after contact? Other	10	271	10 December 2025
Effect of Supreme Court decision about Northern Irish law (Re RM) Mental Health Tribunal	2	143	10 December 2025
Lawfulness of earlier first statutory referrals by the MOJ (and the relevance of the change in status cases) Mental Health Tribunal referral , status-change	11	296	6 December 2025
Challenging perceived risk (no longer allowed to self-medicate) Mental Health Tribunal	8	194	6 December 2025
Anonymity of patients in court judgments Other	1	49	6 December 2025
Start date of CTO after renewal Mental Health Act cto	1	155	5 December 2025
What to do with incomplete social circumstances report Mental Health Tribunal	4	226	5 December 2025
Consequences of leaving the UK until expiry of CTO Mental Health Act	2	209	4 December 2025
Remand prisoners on s48/49 for lengthy periods because of court delays Mental Health Act	0	34	4 December 2025
Compensation for tribunal delays Mental Health Tribunal	1	140	4 December 2025
Conditional discharge exclusion zone out of the jurisdiction Mental Health Act	0	83	4 December 2025
Scottish Compulsory Treatment Order cross-border transfer Other scotland	3	88	4 December 2025
Local Authorities citing recall as an end to aftercare and a 'new' detention beginning meaning a change in RLA Law and practice aftercare	3	67	3 December 2025
What if AMHP does not explain why neither doctor has previous acquaintance? Mental Health Act mha-forms	3	177	2 December 2025
Two hospital orders dated the same day Mental Health Act	2	116	28 November 2025
Prison sentence concurrent with s37/41 Mental Health Act	29	448	27 November 2025
S117 and quashed sentence Mental Health Act aftercare	2	164	26 November 2025
Cheshire West 2 and the objective element Mental Capacity Act	6	152	26 November 2025
Cheshire West logic Mental Capacity Act	11	300	26 November 2025
Clinical scrutiny of Scottish Detention Paperwork Mental Health Act	1	102	25 November 2025
Advice needed on how best to read medical records Mental Health Act	10	176	25 November 2025
Nearest relative identification -- adoptive and biological parents Mental Health Act	2	219	24 November 2025