Law and practice

Other Law and practice topics that don’t fit into the other sub-categories. Mental Capacity Act Topics about, or mostly about, the Mental Capacity Act 2005. 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	513	6 October 2020
DOLS/Court of Protection order -- advice please Mental Capacity Act	5	237	7 September 2026
Monitoring the conditions to which mentally disordered offenders are subject during conditional discharge Mental Health Act	10	236	3 September 2026
S117 service charge and rent Mental Health Act aftercare	3	366	1 September 2026
MHA assessment quicker than CTO recall? (Also: definition of hospital) Mental Health Act mha-assessment , cto	30	360	1 September 2026
Nearest Relative - relative visiting from overseas Mental Health Act nr	4	261	1 September 2026
Section 117 choice of accommodation Mental Health Act aftercare	2	78	27 August 2026
Aftercare accommodation and being placed "on an involuntary (in the sense of being incapacitated) basis" Mental Health Act aftercare	6	159	26 August 2026
Medical treatment to address future sex offending risk Other crime , treatment	0	142	26 August 2026
LGSCO decision not to investigate Other	1	82	26 August 2026
S117/CHC/other entitlement to free mental health care Mental Health Act aftercare	8	330	25 August 2026
Mental-health and equality issues in ongoing civil proceedings Other lawyer-needed	2	163	23 August 2026
Aftercare accommodation and "original condition" Mental Health Act aftercare	7	385	18 August 2026
Where does Cheshire West No. 2 and "valid consent" leave CD(Dep)? And CTOs? Mental Health Act dol	19	817	18 August 2026
CTO revocation by covering RC who had not assessed patient Mental Health Act cto	11	356	17 August 2026
Early post-AGNI court judgments Mental Capacity Act	6	406	13 August 2026
MHA Section 2 or Section 3? Mental Health Act	3	311	12 August 2026
Detention in A&E under MCA -- while waiting for bed after MHA assessment Mental Capacity Act	14	780	5 August 2026
RoL in the absence of DoL (and the safeguards) Mental Capacity Act	4	246	3 August 2026
Status of Health and Social Care Act 2024 statutory guidance requiring carers' involvement in discharge planning Other	5	102	25 July 2026
Can a LA remove a DoLS authorisation after a CoP order extending it? Mental Capacity Act	7	268	25 July 2026
Section 2 police procedure Mental Health Act	4	256	22 July 2026
Application made when someone is a conditional discharged patient continuing on recall? Law and practice	2	65	15 July 2026
Amendment of section papers using app that re-dates document with incorrect date Mental Health Act mha-forms	4	146	14 July 2026
Fresh forms needed when only bed is in hospital not named on s2 application? Mental Health Act mha-forms , mha-assessment	2	94	10 July 2026
Legal duty to accept referral for clinical supervisor for conditionally discharged patient now in our area? Mental Health Act	4	204	10 July 2026
Consulting nearest relative against patient's wishes Mental Health Act nr	4	126	10 July 2026
CTO, Tribunal and 'necessity' of recall power Mental Health Tribunal	4	328	9 July 2026
Section 136 -- FOI data from SLAM Mental Health Act s136	8	368	8 July 2026
Carers confidentiality and the MCA Mental Capacity Act	7	320	8 July 2026